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"There
are few more glaring cases of the developed world abusing the developing
world and getting away with murder than Union Carbide's rape of Bhopal."
THE INDEPENDENT 29 August 2002 |
"No
certainty as to where Union Carbide ends and nature begins" CHANNEL 4 TV NEWS, JON SNOW'S REPORT ON BIRTH DEFECTS IN BHOPAL, 1 August 2002 |
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| "Shortly
after the incident, the Wall Street Journal's Barry Neuman wrote that
Indians don't expect compensation for lives lost in the Bhopal poisonous
gas leak because "the certainty of reincarnation satisfies the
Hindus; for the Muslims, what God wills, God wills." ABC NEWS 4 September 2002 |
"The
state of the Union Carbide plant is a disgrace. When the company finally
left the city in 1999, it left behind around 5,000 tonnes of process
and waste chemicals - toxins that have leached into the soil and water
in and around the factory." THE GUARDIAN 21 September 2002 |
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Media Coverage - August 2002
This is an
incomplete but constantly growing list of news items about Bhopal and
Bhopal-related issues. Newest stories are listed first. Scroll down for
older stories. If you know of articles and reports we have missed - and
there are dozens - please point us to the urls. These are mainly links
to media web pages. Some reports may be moved to archived elsewhere in
the future. Please report any dead links here.
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Our collection now reaches back to within months of the original gas leak. See Houston Chronicle archive (coming soon). Other Dow-Carbide related stories are here (or click the graphic at right).
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2002 - August
31 August - The Ecologist - "Sorry Goliath but David always wins" by John Passacantando of Greenpeace
31 August - Rotten.Com "Union Carbide exec living good life on the lam"
31 August - The Guardian "Some yawn, some hope, some rage, some despair. The summit goes on"
30 August - The Guardian "Greenpeace finds American wanted for Bhopal tragedy"
30 August - BBC News "Bhopal gas disaster fugitive 'found'"
30 August - Rediff "Former Union Carbide chairman traced: Greenpeace "
30 August - REUTERS "Greenpeace asks U.S. to extradite Bhopal figure"
30 August - Channel 4 TV News - Mrs Anderson speaks (about 25 minutes into programme (requires RealPlayer)
30 August - Cyberpresse "Bhopal: Greenpeace aurait retrouvé l'ex-PDG d'Union Carbide "
30 August - Trillium "Cloud Still Hangs Over Bhopal" Letter of an asset management company, a Dow stakeholder, to Dow.
30 August -Lying Media Bastards "Long Hard Road Towards Justice"
29 August - LA Times - "India won't reduce Bhopal charges"
29 August - The Guardian - "Court refuses to reduce murder charge against Bhopal chief "
29 August - The Independent - "After 18 years, Bhopal still waits for justice"
29 August - The Guardian "US blocks move to give powers to those threatened by multinationals"
29 August - L'Express "Greenpeace bloque une usine de chlore pour empêcher "un autre Bhopal"
29 August - El Mundo "El responsable de la tragedia de Bhopal, acusado de homicidio"
29 August - The Independent, South Africa "Greenpeace swoops on chemical factory" (Also in The Star)
29 August - One News, New Zealand "Bhopal disaster still lingers on"
29 August - The Independent "Retired company chief plays golf in Florida and refuses to be judged by Indian court
29 August - Bhopal.Net "Woo hoo, we just got this!!!" (We break news of Greenpeace/Mirror finding of Anderson)
29 August - The Daily Mirror "Wanted - for 20,000 deaths in Bhopal" (Scoop on the tracking down of Anderson)
29 August - REUTERS "Reuters World News Highlights 1900 GMT Aug 29" (Greenpeace Anderson story breaks in Delhi) ViDEO HERE
29 August - Greenpeace "Carbide Criminal Found" (Greenpeace tells its story, lots of background, pics)
29 August - RIGHTS-INDIA "Bhopal Victims Score a Court Victory" (Ranjit Devraj, the writer, really did his homework)
29 August - Greenpeace "International fugitive and Bhopal boss blamed for 20,000 deaths tracked down in the US"
29 August - Mercury News, San Francisco "Bhopal charges intact"
29 August - REUTERS "Bhopal victims celebrate, but believe court victory hollow"
28 August - Midland Daily News, Michigan "Dioxin warnings greet Freeland residents " (More about Dow crapping on its own doorstep)
28 August - IndyMedia India - "Who will clean up the mess in Bhopal?"
28 August - Hindustan Times "Bhopal gas tragedy hearing today "
28 August - Central Chronicle, Bhopal "Safety failure led to Bhopal gas tragedy" A former employee of Union Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) asserted that all safety measures like the vent gas scrubber (VGS), chiller plant and the flare tower to neutralise the toxic gases were not working on the fateful night of December 2/3, 1984, when the toxic gases gushed out from one of the underground tanks of Bhopal based plant of Union Carbide India Ltd. Deposing before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal, Rameshwar Kothe, the then production assistant at the MIC plant, Gauri Shankar also admitted that MIC was stored in the underground tanks beyond the capacity and the nitrogen pressure in the tanks was not increasing. Similarly, he said that a day before the incident, the lines were also found to be choked and were also washed to allow flow of nitrogen into the tanks. It may be recalled that more than 40 tonnes of gases gushed out from one of the underground tanks of UCIL, rained death and destruction over Bhopal. More than 20,000 people died due to after-effects of the gas. The UCIL was facing trial in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal, for the disaster. (Bang goes Carbide's "sabotage" lie. This testimony was not widely reported around the world as the the bigger news from the court eclipsed it.)
28 August - ITV News "Court rules against charge reduction"
28 August - CNN World News - "Bhopal charges stay, Indian court rules"
28 August - Rediff on the Net - "Court rules out dilution of charges against Union Carbide ex-chief"
28 August - BBC TV News - "US boss faces Bhopal homicide charge"
28 August - The Guardian "Indian court rejects Union Carbide"
28 August - Cape Times, SA "American to be charged for Bhopal disaster"
28 August - El Mundo "Las imágenes del desastre" Comment
28 August - Voice of America "US Executive Faces Homicide Charges Over Bhopal Gas Leak"
28 August - Agence France Presse "Court Upholds Charges Against US Executive for Bhopal Deaths"
28 August -
International Herald Tribune "Judges call for tougher action on environment"
(Same story reported by National Geographic as "International
Judges: Environment Laws Not Enforced" )
28 August - CNN audio - "Judge calls for Warren Anderson's extradition" (warning, short report, but huge WAV file, 7.3Mb)
28 August - The Namibian "Indian court upholds charges against US executive over Bhopal deaths"
28 August - The Star, Malaysia "Court rejects government call to lessen charges against Union Carbide"
28 August - Channel 4 TV News - "Where's Warren?" (With a link to our very own bhopal.net page where they found Warren's address. View the Channel 4 news report - requires RealPlayer)
28 August - BBC News "Analysis: Little hope for Bhopal victims"
28 August - BBC News "Bhopal's wounds refuse to heal"
28 August - Voice of America "Indian Court Rejects Reduced Charges in Union Carbide Case" Audio report here (Realplayer)
28 August - SABC (South Africa) News "Bhopal disaster victims call for hunger strike"
27 August - REUTERS "Bhopal tragedy lives on at Earth Summit" relayed from Corpwatch
27 August - The Guardian "Summit row over big business plans"
27 August - Hindustan Times "Photo Essay - The Terror Twins, Osama and Warren"
27 August - East Bay Express "Bhopal Revisited"
27 August - BBC News - "Bhopal 'charges could be reduced'"
27 August - CNN Asia "Court to rule on Bhopal charges"
27 August - Midland Daily News, Michigan "Dow: Results 'surprising' " (Dioxins pollute soil and food in Dow's home town. Company gives characteristic "What, me guv?" reaction)
26 August - Houston Chronicle "Activist chains self to tower for eight hours"
26 August - BBC World Service "Bhopal: Death at midnight"
26 August - Houston Chronicle "Protester hauled off tower
25 August - The Independent "What kills 2.2 million people a year? Dirty drinking water. Now swallow this..."
24 August - Times of India "Bhopal gas tragedy victims next on Kalam’s agenda"
24 August - The Socialist Worker "Multinational poisoned city" by Tim Edwards
23 August - The Guardian "David Graves" Obituary
23 August - The Daily News (Pakistan) "'Bhopal victims' At the altar of Indo-US partnership"
22 August - San Antonio Current "Hungry for Justice"
20 August - Times of India "Raghu Rai captures silence of death"
20 August - The Guardian "Corporate capture" by George Monbiot