 |
|
1985
- present
|
| 1985 |
|
| 30
April |
Indian
Government rejects "frivolous" Carbide compensation offer |
| 05
May |
Environmental
compromise a starting point |
| 05
May |
Chemical
making resumes at Institute, West Virgina
|
| 22
May |
Chemical
firms takeover targets? |
| 23
May |
1,000
names tacked on to Bhopal suit |
| 23
May |
Attempt
to cut ship's funding thwarted by Gramm, Bentsen (Reagan inaction criticised) |
| 26
May |
How
Warren Anderson faced up "If you don't see dead bodies..." |
| 26
May |
Human
tragedy in India tests corporate giant (Warren Anderson's anguish) |
| 30
May |
Carbide
increases compensation offer from $200 million to $300 million |
| 07
June |
O'Neill
praises Reagan's tax plan (900 leaky chemical shells spark Bhopal-type
fears) |
| 07
June |
Insecticide
again made in La Porte (Du Pont resumes production of MIC) |
| 09
June |
For
sale - cheap legal advice (explanation of why ambulance-chasers descended
on Bhopal) |
| 14
June |
Can
the Dowtop 2,000 mark? (Worrying times for Carbide shareholders) |
| 26
June |
Bhopal
police use truncheons on stone-throwing demonstrators |
| 11
July |
Union
Carbide Corp. shuts Bhopal plant ("We will dig a grave, at the Carbide
gate, at the Carbide gate") |
| 12
July |
Bhopal
plant closed – 700 left jobless |
| 13
July |
Two-tier
salaries gaining support (Speculation about hostile Pickens bid for
Carbide) |
| 1
August |
"We've
ruled out everything but sabotage" (Carbide's sabotage theory makes
first appearance) |
| 07
August |
Lawyers
rush to line up families of jumbo jet crash victims |
| 07
August |
Lawyers
lining up air crash survivors |
| 12
August |
Emergency
system failed during toxic leak, residents say (No, not Bhopal –
this was Institute, West Virginia) |
| 12
August |
Emergency
system failed during toxic leak, residents say |
| 12
August |
Cloud
of toxic gas injures 125 in West Virginia |
| 13
August |
Carbide
halts some gas production in West Virginia plant |
| 13
August |
Carbide
defends its notification actions in poison gas leak |
| 14
August |
Carbide
gas leak may trigger equipment change in industry |
| 14
August |
GAF
acquires stake in troubled Union Carbide (predators move in for the
kill) |
| 14
August |
Carbide
halting production of gas (Aldicarb oxime, at least as poisonous as
MIC) |
| 15
August |
Threat
of contamination lingers over Institute, West Virginia |
| 27
August |
Carbide
hit with 3rd leak this month (hydrochloric acid this time, as usual,
no warning) |
| 30
August |
Indian
panel to study effects of Bhopal leak |
| 31
August |
GAF
increases stake in Carbide to 9.9% (going for the jugular) |
| 31
August |
Gas
leak at strike-bound factory in Bombay kills 1 and injures 113 |
| 15
September |
Carbide
starts overdue shaping up |
| 01
October |
OSHA
cites Union Carbide with neglecting safety policy |
| 02
October |
Union
Carbide is accused of safety violation |
| 03
October |
Chlorine
tops list in chemical accidents |
| 10
November |
Sabotage
believed cause of Bhopal disaster (Beleaguered Carbide pleads sabotage
in India) |
| 18
November |
Bhopal
disaster aid remains with firm (Carbide's emergency $5 million has not
yet been handed over) |
| 25
November |
Records
show plants fouled air with dangerous chemicals |
| 26
November |
Toxic
troubles/Texans ready to study new federal program |
| 27
November |
Judge
John F. Keenan approves plan to disburse Carbide's $5 million "emergency"
relief |
| 30
November |
Stocks
mixed, Dow off (Carbide chairman Warren Anderson asked to testify in
India) |
| 01
December |
Los
Angeles lawyer files suit on behalf of 400 Bhopal residents |
| |
FIRST
ANNIVERSARY |
| 02
December |
Police
arrest 150 in Bhopal protest at Carbide plant |
| 04
December |
Sorrow
for the dead |
| 05
December |
Non-toxic
gas cloud causes panic in India |
| 06
December |
One
man dies and at least 60 people remain hospitalized after Delhi gas leak |
| 10
December |
GAF
unveils $4.12 billion Carbide bid |
| 17
December |
402
poisonous chemicals on EPA list studied here |
| 21
December |
Dismissal
of suits sought |
| 21
December |
Bhopal
disaster studied - report rejects Carbide's sabotage claim |
| 28
December |
Newsmakers/'85
a year of success for some, disappointment forothers (Turmoil for Warren
Anderson) |
| 31
December |
Bhopal
nightmares |
| |
|
| 1986 |
|
| 01
January |
1985
YEAR IN REVIEW/...and then a heavy dose of bad |
| 04
January |
Anti-Carbide
rally in Delhi |
| 06
January |
Union
Carbide paying high price for defense |
| 12
January |
Toxic
substance safety urged since Bhopal , Institute, Gore |
| 12
January |
Striking
parallels/Back-ups would have prevented chemical plantleaks, officials say |
| 07
February |
Pope
prays |
| 13
February |
Carbide
cites sabotage as Bhopal leak cause ("It can be the guards turned
assassin") |
| 16
February |
Tons
of Toxic substances/Chemical releases in area could causecancer or instant
death |
| 16
February |
THE
AIR WE BREATHE/Chemical releases in area could cause cancer or instant death |
| 16
February |
Firms
describe toxic releases to House subcommittee |
|
17 February
|
THE
AIR WE BREATHE/Valley living under cloud of distrust (description of
the Charleston leak) |
| 18
February |
THE
AIR WE BREATHE/A breath away from death |
| 18
February |
Chemical
industry hikes its safety effort |
| 18
February |
Chemical
industry catching upon safety |
| 23
February |
Err
on the side of safety in fighting air pollution |
| 28
February |
'Acceptable
Risks' is strong story of an unacceptable event |
| 23
March |
Redesign
of several shuttle parts expected (Arthur D. Little and fault-tree analysis) |
| 23
March |
Tentative
pact reached over Bhopal disaster/Total settlementpayment estimated at $350
million |
| 24
March |
India
set to challenge agreement on Bhopal (Not a party to the "tentative
pact") |
| 24
March |
India
calls Bhopal pact unacceptable |
| 24
March |
India
says Bhopal offer `totally unacceptable' |
| 25
March |
Carbide
pact blasted |
| 25
March |
Dow
Jones up 14.37 in 'confused' trading (Carbide stock advanced after announcement
of the $350 offer) |
| 26
March |
Market
lower in moderate trading (Indian govt opposition affects Carbide share
price) |
| 30
March |
U.S.
lawyer urges Bhopal victims to take Carbide settlement offer |
| 30
March |
Accept
deal or face seven year wait, lawyer warns victims |
| 01
April |
OSHA
cites West Virginia Carbide plant |
| 02
April |
Union
Carbide fined $1.3 million (Local residents amazed and appalled by extent
of safety breaches) |
| 04
April |
Sit-in
is held in India to protest $350 million Bhopal settlement |
| 08
April |
Carbide
to cut 1,200 jobs, to sell $3 billion in assets |
| 09
April |
Union
Carbide chief hits OSHA over record fines |
| 09
April |
A
eunuch experience: Bizarre festival hails new guru in India |
| 22
April |
Carbide
sells its consumer businesses |
| 29
April |
Gibson
won't halt TV ads despite libel threat |
| 01
May |
Disaster
drill/Test turns up problems in emergency response program (Dow Chemical
warning sirens fail) |
| 02
May |
SOVIET
NUCLEAR DISASTER/It's plausible only 2 died in accident,nuclear experts
say |
| 04
May |
The
Soviet record on safety |
| 11
May |
Footnotes
(Author criticises Union Carbide's crisis management) |
| 13
May |
U.S.
judge turns Bhopal case over to Indian courts for trial (But Keenan
imposes conditions on Carbide) |
| 13
May |
Federal
judge sends Bhopal cases to India/Union Carbide pleased by ruling |
| 14
May |
A
matter for Indian courts |
| 09
June |
Weighing
the risks in a new age |
| 09
June |
Is
Ship Channel wide open to terrorists? Security experts say yes –
industry officials disagree
|
| 13
June |
Stock
market mixed after poor economic reports (Keenan judgement moves Carbide
shares up) |
| 14
June |
Carbide
accepts sending case to India (US ambulance-chasers lose out) |
| 11
July |
La
Porte chemical firm cited for violations (Dow in phosgene scandal) |
| 23
July |
Union
Carbide to sell farm divisions (Can't compete. firm says, nothing to
do with Bhopal) |
| 11
August |
Carbide
claims worker set off Bhopal tragedy (Claims to know who did, but not
naming suspect) |
| 11
August |
Bhopal
disaster deliberate act of worker, Carbide claims (Sikh extremists put
in an appearance) |
| 12
August |
Bhopal
workers dispute claim made by firm |
| 21
August |
Phosgene
leak in Germany – in India Red Cross wants gas victims' cash |
| 06
September |
Indian
government files lawsuit against Union Carbide |
| 21
September |
Area
cities will get chemical spill warning system |
| 09
October |
Bhopal
toll now 2,233 (Official govt figure climbs by 500) |
| 13
November |
Toxic
chemical slick ecologically disastrous for Rhine River village ("Bhopal
on the Rhine") |
| 18
November |
Indian
court bans sales of Carbide's assets |
| 23
November |
India
seeks $3 billion from Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster |
| 27
November |
Firm
can pay dividends (But judge G.S.Patel orders freeze on assets to continue) |
| 30
November |
India,
Union Carbide in accord (Carbide agrees to maintain $3 billion in assets
in the US) |
| 01
December |
Union
Carbide restructuring given go-ahead (Patel lifts ban) |
| |
SECOND
ANNIVERSARY |
| 03
December |
Challenger
disaster compared to Bhopal , Chernobyl, TMI |
| 03
December |
Fletcher
calls Challenger a management failure |
| 03
December |
Protesters
cite Bhopal - "No Hiroshima, No Bhopal" |
| 07
December |
Efforts
to avoid catastrophic chemical leaks are in progress |
| 21
December |
Houston-area
plants cited for violations |
| 23
December |
Area
plant inspections show effort worthwhile |
| 24
December |
OSHA
plans to fine Shell $245,000 for alleged violations |
| |
|
| 1987 |
|
| 15
January |
Bhopal
case stays in India |
| 19
January |
Warm-fuzziness
misses mark in Pryor's wary-survivor humor |
| 26
February |
Bhopal
judge dumped after name found on suit against Union Carbide |
| 21
March |
Police
order people to stay indoors to quell Hindu-Muslim rioting |
| 20
May |
Firms
report to state in toxic chemical study |
| 20
May |
150
toxic-chemical sites reported in Harris County |
| 08
June |
Firm
adapts oil industry skills to space (importance of materials-testing,
cites Bhopal) |
| 22
June |
Bakkers
hire celebrity lawyer in try to regain PTL |
| 22
June |
Lawyer
Belli believes Bakker will go back to pulpit |
| 23
June |
Probers
say Bhopal sabotage likely (Carbide plugs on with its sabotage claim) |
| 24
June |
Thousands
flee leak from Bhopal plant (ammonia leaked from an ice-making factory) |
| 24
June |
200,000
flee homes in Bhopal in fear of ammonia gas leak ("the killer gas
has come again") |
| 03
July |
Stocks
rally sharply in a quiet session |
| 17
August |
Carbide
offers $4.6 million in "interim relief" to victims |
| 22
August |
List
of sites handling fatal toxins rises |
| 11
September |
Texas
called in best shape for rebound in chemicals |
| 14
September |
Judge
orders Carbide and Indian Government to find settlement within seven weeks |
| 09
October |
Poisonous
fuel tankers called danger to cities |
| 09
October |
Trucks
hauling poison called threat to cities |
| 03
November |
Stock
prices increase; trading slowest in weeks |
| 16
November |
Bhopal
settlement reached (spoken too soon) |
| 17
November |
$500
million Bhopal settlement 'very close' |
| 18
November |
Bhopal
residents hold rally/Gas leak survivors protest comingsettlement |
| 18
November |
Sides
fail to settle Bhopal gas case |
| 19
November |
No
Bhopal agreement |
| 20
November |
'It
would have been our Bhopal '/Pair hit industry, leaders afterTexas City
acid leak |
| |
THIRD
ANNIVERSARY |
| 02
December |
Union
Carbide, 2 affiliates charged with `culpable homicide' by India (Union
Carbide and Anderson charged)
(official death toll reaches 2,850) |
| 04
December |
Group
criticizes locations of plants/Data released on third anniversary of acid
leak in Bhopal , India |
| 06
December |
Acid
spill discoveries call for swifter action |
| 17
December |
Preliminary
ruling awards millions to Bhopal victims |
| 18
December |
$270
million interim relief ordered for Bhopal victims |
| |
|
| 1988 |
|
| 22
January |
Nobel
Prize winners plan world probes (Nobel Laureates want to take up cases
like Bhopal) |
| 26
March |
Insurance
'crisis' may solve itself "The insurers want Union Carbide to
keep the Bhopal , India, disaster out of the U.S. courts, for example, because
it will be cheaper to settle in India. The lives of Indians are not worth
less than those of Americans in the eyes of God, of course, but in the calculations
of lifetime earnings that govern insurance awards, they are" |
| 03
April |
Halabja
and Bhopal |
| 05
April |
Company
studies Indian court ruling before deciding whether to appeal (+ USSR
quits Afghanistan) |
| 12
April |
Sabotage
called possible blast cause Pakistan's Zia-ul-Haq on explosion at ammunition
depot |
| 12
April |
Sabotage
hinted as cause of blast |
| 25
May |
Many
firms fail to comply with law spurred by Bhopal case |
| 28
May |
Not
reassuring |
| 07
July |
GAF
charged with stock tampering (Attempted to push up Carbide's share-price
after failed takeover bid) |
| 21
August |
New
in paperback (The Bhopal Syndrome) |
| 21
September |
Union
urges its chemical workers to demand safety "We are entering an
age of catastrophic accidents" |
| 18
October |
Judges
dismisses $1 billion suit in '84 Bhopal accident (Nice try, Benton) |
| 31
October |
Indian
activist visits, finds frustrations Manubhai Shah visits Texan chemical
works |
| |
FOURTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 02
December |
Protests
mark anniversary of accident Official death toll reaches 3 ,329. (188
in last four months) |
| 03
December |
Gas
leak victims in Bhopal still dying (Anderson ignores summons) |
| |
|
| 1989 |
|
| 07
January |
India
will seek extradition of former Union Carbide Corp. Chairman Warren Anderson
|
| 12
March |
Pollution
gets public scrutiny |
| 14
February |
Carbide
to pay $470 million in Bhopal case / India court orders settlement |
| 15
February |
Dow
index closes down slightly (But Carbide shares jump after news of settlement) |
| 15
February |
$470
million settlement OK'd in Bhopal tragedy |
| 16
February |
India
gas tragedy survivors say government settled too cheaply |
| 24
February |
Compensation
for Bhopal victims paid |
| 04
March |
Repeal
of Bhopal settlement threatened (Supreme Court judge gets the vapours
"I've had enough, I want to quir") |
| 09
March |
Children
of disaster (800 protest outside Supreme Court) |
| 16
March |
Death
reaches out to second generation of victims in Bhopal |
| 21
March |
EPA
proposes limit on toxic insecticide (aldicarb, made from methyl-isocyanate) |
| 24
April |
Oil
spill may stain Exxon's reputation (Exxon Valdez) |
| 25
April |
'Stormy'
meeting forecast/Union Carbide faces hot issues (Gary Cohen weighs in
against the settlement) |
| 26
April |
Bhopal
victims, two others arrested at Union Carbide stockholders meet (for
handing out pamphlets) |
| 27
April |
Union
Carbide meeting tense/Controversy obscures good news (more on arrest
of Sunil, Sathyu and others) |
| 28
April |
City
officials turn away group backing Bhopal protest (delegation to protest
arrests is snubbed by Mayor) |
| 30
April |
Leaks
more toxic than Bhopal killed few, study indicates |
| 02
May |
Hotel
drops charges against 4 in Bhopal protest case |
| 25
October |
Phillips
praised in crisis role (after Pasadena plastics plant blows up) |
| 29
October |
Coming
to grips with daily danger / Pasadena blast enhances chance of creation
of investigative agency |
| |
FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 03
December |
Catalytica
Inc. sees opportunity for profits in California smog |
| 04
December |
800
protesters arrested (trying to hold a rally inside the vacant Union
Carbide plant) |
| 15
December |
Gas
survivors rip settlement / Bhopal families say cash agreement too low
("They got off criminally cheap," said Melvin Belli) |
| 31
December |
Farewell
to turbulent 10 years / It was a decade of dichotomies |
| |
|
| 1990 |
|
| 13
January |
New
V.P. Singh government says it will challenge settlement |
| 22
January |
'No
deal' on Bhopal gas settlement, official says (V.P. Singh threatens
to scrap settlement) |
| 06
February |
West
Virginia chemical leak injures seven |
| 24
February |
U.S.
insurance crisis looming, report says |
| 30
June |
Memories
in Bhopal |
| 07
July |
The
ARCO plant explosion / Clean Air revision would create agency to probe accidents |
| 13
July |
Plant
disasters spawn safety rules |
| 23
August |
Pasadena
blast ignites OSHA probe of plants |
| 03
September |
Progress
slow on curbing airborne toxic emissions |
| 23
October |
The
legacy of Phillips explosion / 4 plants examined a year after blast |
| 2/3
December |
SIXTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| |
First
anniversary to pass without mention |
| |
|
| 1991 |
|
| 26
January |
Hollywood
stereotypes Arabs as screen villains |
| 26
February |
OSHA's
new rules stir debate |
| 07
April |
A
NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY / Beaumont-area plants help fund warning system |
| 18
September |
Bhopal
-like disaster along border feared |
| 03
October |
Union
Carbide terms quashed / India's high court orders criminaltrial in Bhopal
disaster (Supreme Court judegment modifies the 1989 settlement and re-opens
criminal charges against Union Carbide and Warren Anderson) |
| 04
October |
Indian
high court OKs settlement of Bhopal claims (A different way of putting
it) |
| |
SEVENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 09
December |
Bhopal
gas disaster in court again/Union Carbide's ex-chief sought |
| |
|
| 1992 |
|
| 28
March |
Extradition
is requested in Bhopal case (Arrest warrant issued for Warren Anderson) |
| 01
May |
Union
Carbide can't move assets from India |
| 01
May |
Union
Carbide cannot move assets from India, court rules (Company claims it
is not answerable to Indian courts. Anderson has not responded to arrest
warrant. Official death toll now quoted as "more than 4000" |
| 16
August |
The
Reagan-Bush Era /History took large strides during Reagan-Bush years |
| |
EIGHTH
ANNIVERSARY |
|
|
Passes
unmarked |
| |
|
| 1993 |
|
| 04
March |
We
can't sleep on this problem (Exxon Valdez) |
| |
NINTH
ANNIVERSARY |
|
|
Passes
unmarked |
| 29
December |
EPA
hearings set on reducing risk from chemical accidents |
| |
|
| 1994 |
|
| 30
January |
Lack
of sleep causes problems for drivers, pilots and workers (quotes Bhopal
night-shift) |
| 06
April |
Studies
cite worst-case scenarios / Chemical plants gird for disaster |
| 19
August |
Harris
County leads in chemical accidents / Report pushes board to investigate |
| 17
November |
List
of top polluters reads like who's who / Companies bitterlydispute findings |
| |
TENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 02
December |
Decade
after Bhopal tragedy, new consciousness in place |
| 03
December |
Pain
of lethal 1984 gas leak still lingers in Bhopal (police arrest 11,000
<shome mishtake shorely, ed>) |
| 04
December |
Families
of Bhopal victims hang effigies |
| |
|
| 1995 |
|
| |
ELEVENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| |
And
indeed, entire year, passes unremarked |
| |
|
| 1996 |
|
| 14
September |
Court
drops some charges in Bhopal case |
| |
TWELFTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| |
Passes
unmarked |
| |
|
| 1997 |
|
| |
THIRTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 03
December |
Today
in history |
| |
|
| 1998 |
|
| 25
October |
In
strictest confidence . . . The chemical industry's secrets / In chemical
industry, image counts for a lot / 'Green'groups complain of disinformation
(Blame it on cockroaches) |
| |
FOURTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 03
December |
Today
in history |
| |
|
| 1999 |
|
| 01
February |
Local
plants will release `worst' disaster scenarios |
| 05
August |
Chemical
giants joining forces / Dow to buy UnionCarbide / Combination to be No.
2 in the world |
| 01
October |
Chemical
plants to close as Y2K precaution |
| |
FIFTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
| 03
December |
Today
in history |
| |
|
| 2000 |
|
| 30
April |
RESIDENTS
TAKE ON BIG INDUSTRY /Trio tries to halt building of chemical plant |
| 30
April |
TAKING
ON INDUSTRY / Group goes after owners of new chemical plant |
| 04
May |
Dow
sued for seeking to buy Union Carbide |
| |
SIXTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
|
|
Unmarked |
| |
|
| 2001 |
|
| 16
September |
Victims
of India chemical disaster want closure, compensation (Sunil, Sambhavna,
Sathyu -
Kamal Pareek, ex-safety engineer at the plant is the latest person to
dismiss the sabotage theory)
|
| 30
September |
Terror
targets abound / Experts: Chemical,biological attack in Houston possible
(post 911 terror mania) |
| 20
October |
Curbing
our right to know / Environmentalists decryremoval of useful information
from Web in the wake of terroristattacks |
| |
SEVENTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY |
|
|
Unmarked |
| |
|
| 2002 |
|
| 12
August |
HUNGERING
FOR A CAUSE / Woman protests to help Indian activists seeking justice for
'84 disaster (Enter Diane Wilson, shrimp boat skipper from Seadrift,
Texas, and veteran environmental campaigner) |
| 27
August |
Chemical
plant security cracked / Activist chains self to tower for 8 hours (Diane's
solo protest at Dow Carbide plant) |
| |
|
| |
|