Tag: Campaign Victories

  • The Hindu Newspaper Cancel’s Dow Chemical Sponsorship

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    Reacting to the overwhelming outrage against accepting sponsorship from Dow Chemical for their November Music Festival in Chennai, India, The Hindu newspaper cancelled the sponsorship within days of its announcement. More here: “Dow Chemicals associate sponsorship called off“, N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2009.

  • City of San Fransisco Resolution

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    Marking the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, the City of San Francisco declares December 3, 2004 as Bhopal Remembrance Day and urges the Dow Chemical Company to address pending issues facing the Bhopal survivors. The city is also hosting the Bhopal survivors this week.

  • Carbide legacy fouls Dow’s buiness deal with Indian Oil Corporation

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    For immediate release 18 JULY, 2005. BHOPAL, NEW DELHI, CHENNAI Dow Chemical’s business expansion plans in India suffered their first serious setback after a campaign by survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster resulted in a dramatic reversal of Indian Oil Corporation’s decision to purchase technology from Dow for IOC’s proposed mono ethylene glycol plant…

  • Government of India issues historic order, satyagrahis end fast

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    INDIAN GOVERNMENT BOWS TO PRESSURE, AGREES TO SUBMIT STATEMENT TO U.S. COURT IN THE UNION CARBIDE-BHOPAL CONTAMINATION CLEAN UP CASE. New Delhi, June 23, 2004: Six days after three Bhopal activists began their hunger strike, the Government of India finally bowed to pressure and agreed to submit a statement to the New York District Court…