Tag: Dow Chemical
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Bhopal survivors ask directors of Dow chemical & Dupont to share information on bhopal liabilities with their shareholders
Press Conference July 20, 2016 (Hindi press release available below) At a press conference today, leaders of five organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal charged the directors of Dow Chemical and DuPont with unlawfully withholding information from their shareholders on the liabilities of Bhopal. They said that shareholders of both the…
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Bhopal organisation moves for ex-parte trial proceedings against Dow Chemical
Press Statement 13 July 2016 Leaders of all the organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal today condemned the governments of both India and USA for the non appearance of any representative of Dow Chemical Company in the ongoing criminal case on the disaster. At the hearing in the District Court, counsel…
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Letter to PM Modi: Instruct CBI to Take Harsher Measures Against Dow
To Honourable Prime Minister 152, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi-110011 14 June 2016 Sub: Instruct CBI to take harsher measures against The Dow Chemical Company (TDCC) in the ongoing criminal matter (MJC 91/92) on Bhopal disaster Dear Mr. Prime Minister, On behalf of the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal…
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Bhopal Gas Victims Ask US Dept. of Justice to Stop Shielding #DowChemical, Serve the Bhopal Court Notice
Press Statement May 17, 2016 At a Press Conference today, leaders of the five organisations of the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal spoke on an ambitious signature petition launched by their international supporters to make Dow Chemical, owner of Union Carbide, appear in the criminal proceedings on the disaster in the…
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Whose Side is The PM on: Bhopal Gas Victims or Dow Chemical
Press Statement December 18, 2015 At a press conference today, leaders of the five organisations of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal condemned the Prime Minister’s “spineless response” to Dow Chemical repeatedly ignoring notices of the Bhopal District Court. The organisations charged that instead of making Dow Chemical obey Indian laws, the Prime…
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The Hindu: Editorial – “A question of justice”
From: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-a-question-of-justice/article7389380.ece “The record settlement of $18.7 billion that the oil company BP has arrived at in the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster case in the United States has naturally revived the debate on the denial of justice to the victims of a far bigger catastrophe — the Bhopal gas leak. As industrial accidents go, the…
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Modi Govt Completes 1 Year, Bhopal Gas Victims have Nothing to Cheer
PRESS RELEASE (This press release is available in Hindi here) At a press conference today, survivors of the December ‘84 Union Carbide gas disaster, condemned the NDA government for its failure to secure justice and provide rehabilitation during its one year rule. The conference was organized jointly by five Bhopal based organizations fighting for the…
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Twitter Action: Dow Chemical Stockholder Meeting 2015
Friends, Supporters, Survivors, The Dow Chemical Company will host its 118th Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 10:00AM Eastern Time until 11:00AM Eastern Time. Andrew Liveris, Dow Chairman and CEO, will deliver the keynote address. Here are the details. This is an opportunity for us to tweet at Dow Chemical and…
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Vigil For Bhopal At The Consulate General of India
Dear Friends & Bhopal supporters, We are holding a small vigil outside the NYC consulate as part of Amnesty International’s annual Get on the Bus actions. The purpose of the action is to ask the Indian consulate to ensure that Dow is served and complies with the recent summons to appear in Indian courts. A…
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Press Statement: Bhopal Gas Victims condemn repeated non-appearance of the Dow Chemical Company, USA in the Bhopal District Court
17 March 2015 At a press conference today, five organisations fighting for the rights of the survivors of the December ‘84 Bhopal gas disaster expressed anger at the repeated non-appearance of The Dow Chemical Company, USA, current owner of Union Carbide, in response to the notice sent by the Bhopal District court. The organizations blamed…
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Hindustan Times: Bhopal court asks Dow to explain Union Carbide’s absence from trial
Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy may have failed to bring Warren Anderson, the prime accused in the fatal accident to justice, but they have managed to get Dow Chemicals to face trial in a Bhopal court. The US-based Dow Chemicals, which took over Union Carbide Corp (UCC) in 2001, has been summoned by…
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Direct Action at Dow Chemical Mumbai – Photos
Bhopali survivor-activists chained themselves to the gates of Dow Chemical’s Mumbai office, demanding that Dow (1) obey the summons issued by a Bhopal court; (2) pay additional compensation and; (3) clean up the site.
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Press Statement: “Bhopal Gas Survivors in Mumbai Hold Press Conf & Direct Action Against Dow Chemical”
Press Statement 16 October 2014 On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, more than a 100 Bhopal survivors arrived in Mumbai to remind the city that Union Carbide’s owner, Dow Chemical operates a 100 percent subsidiary in the city. They sought Mumbaikars’ support to make Dow Chemical honour its civil, criminal and environmental liabilities in…
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Press Release: Dow Holds Annual Shareholder Meeting, ICJB Protests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 15, 2014 Dow Chemical Holds Annual General Meeting for Shareholders Gas disaster victims continue to suffer 30 years after Dow subsidiary Union Carbide leaked deadly gases on December 3, 1984 According to MarketWatch, the Dow Chemical Company posted $1.05 billion in first quarter profits in 2014, up from $635 million a…
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Open Letter to Dow’s new green washing partner
Mr. Ranjan Biswas, Managing Director, Trailblazers | February 1st, 2014 We write to express our disappointment at Trailblazers’ collaboration with The Dow Chemical Company on the ‘Multiply the Message’ campaign. In a video released this week [1], Dow seeks to use the campaign to project itself as a company committed to sustainability and to “[leaving]…