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Protecting Our Communities From a Chemical Disaster

Philip Radford | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Environment, Epa, Environmental Justice, Toxics, Politics, Clean Energy, Obama, Christine Todd Whitman, Greenpeace, Administrator Lisa Jackon, Clean Air Act, Toxic Chemicals, Bhopal, Nejac, Green News
Philip Radford

President Obama has sent clear signals that he will pursue initiatives that he can move forward within existing laws and without the need to wrestle with Congress. Now is the time for the president to take action to protect communities from the threat of chemical disasters.

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Mark Gongloff

The Shadow CIA: WikiLeaks Trove Shows How Companies Gather Intel

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Bhopal, Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Stratcap, Dow Chemical, Stratfor, Wikileaks, Bhopal Disaster, Shadow Cia, Business News

Past WikiLeaks document dumps have offered peeks at how governments gather intelligence. The latest promises a look at how private companies do it. ...

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Are Clinical Trials Exploiting India's Poor?

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Clinical Trials, India, Bhopal, India Poverty, Astra Zeneca, Al Jazeera, Fault Lines, Video, World News

Clinical trials have always been part of the pharmaceutical industry, but what if a large number of those trying out new medicines live below the pove...

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Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes!

Aparna Pande | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Asia, India, Pakistan, Hindu, Bhopal, Geography, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Rampur, Middle East, Hyderabad, Muslim, Af Pak, Salman Bashir, World News
Aparna Pande

Pakistan's Foreign Secretary's recent remarks represent a departure from years of attempts by Pakistan to deny its South Asian identity -- and link up instead with the Muslim Middle East.

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Why I Care About BP's Legal Accountability

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bhopal, Deepwater Horizon, Bp, Gulf Oil Spill, Three Mile Island, Green News
Joanne Doroshow

Twelve years ago, I got together with some consumer advocates from around the country and formed the Center for Justice & Democracy. Our mission has ...

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PHOTOS: In Hungary's Wake, A Look Back At 10 Terrible Toxic Spills

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyanide, Toxic Sludge, Toxic Disaster, Gulf Oil Spill, Slurry, Coal, Chernobyl, Poison, Bhopal, Accident, Dow Chemical, Water, Mining, Spill, Slidepollajax, Hungary, Green News

As headlines and photos pile up of the toxic sludge accident in Hungary, we're unfortunately reminded that it isn't unique. Toxic spills have a long a...

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In The Public Interest: Worst Case Scenarios Really Happen

Elizabeth Hitchcock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Institute, House of Representatives, Bhopal, Senate, Toxic-Chemicals, Terrorism, Public Interest, Green News
Elizabeth Hitchcock

The April 20 explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the subsequent ongoing leak of millions of gallons of oil have called attention to the fa...

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The Oil Spill Catastrophe: Biggest Ever? Not Close.

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Gulf of Mexico, Risk Perception, Catastrophe, Marine Environment, Plane Crash, Pollution, Externalities, Coral Reefs, Murder, Oil Spill, Sylvia Earle, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Carbon Dioxide, Dead Zone, Overfishing, Chernobyl, Mississippi River, Industrial Accident, Bhopal, Green News
David Ropeik

The oil spill is a catastrophe, but risks that are catastrophic scare us more than those that are chronic -- even though in many cases, the chronic risks are far bigger threats.

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U.S.-Indian Nuke Transactions Go From Bad to Worse

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Suppliers Group, Npt, Nuclear Countries, Wmd, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Taboo, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Warheads, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear, Nuclear Terrorism, Weapons, U.S. India Nuclear Deal, Nukes, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Deterrence, Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear War, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Deterrence, National Security, Nuclear Warhead, India, Nuclear Testing, Nuclear Bomb, Bhopal, World News
Russ Wellen

Between India's elites failing to see expected returns, masses denied energy and sustainable development and U.S. plans thwarted by the Indian legislature, the India-U.S. nuclear deal has been a lose-lose-lose deal.

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Closing BP's Escape Routes

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Big Tobacco, Bhopal, Gulf Gusher, Bankruptcy, Fine, Gulf Oil Spill, Pollution, Liability, Exxon Valdez, Green News
Robert Weissman

BP generates enough cash to absorb its liabilities from the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico. But that doesn't mean it will.

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Green News Report -- June 8, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Epa, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Tceq, Clean Air Act, Arctic, Sulfur Dioxide, Toxic Chemicals, Lisa Murkowski, John Cornyn, Bhopal, Senate, Oil Spill, American Power Act, BRAD BLOG, John Kerry, Green News, Natural Gas Drilling, Wolves, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Climate Legislation, Alaska, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Another very ...

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How is Wall Street Grading the BP Oil Spill News?

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bhopal, Wall Street, Oil Spill, Eric Holder Attorney General, Stock Market, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Wall Street Oil Spill, Business News
Howard Steven Friedman

Say, are you interested in a hot stock tip? I know a great oil stock that's taken a short term beating but the long term prospects look excellent.

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More to Deal with Than Just Climate: 25 Years Since Bhopal Disaster

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bhopal, Dupont, Copenhagen 2009, Pollution Prevention, Reach, Baby Bottles, Nike, Responsible Care, Bpa, Climate Change, SC Johnson, Toxics Release Inventory, Hp, Rohs, Green News
Andrew Winston

The issue of toxicity and chemicals is one that lies somewhat separate from the climate discussion. While it gets lost in the shuffle sometimes, the pressure on companies to deal with it just keeps rising.

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The Continuing Struggle for Justice in Bhopal

Rajeev Ravisankar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bhopal, Bhopal Chemical Disaster, Bhopal India, Green News
Rajeev Ravisankar

While corporate bigwigs want to erase public memory of the Bhopal tragedy, major politicians wish to be post-Bhopal, in an illusory situation beyond a deeply troubling past. But for survivors, there is no post-Bhopal moment,

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Democracy WOW! With The Yes Men

Sara Benincasa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jacques Servin, Andy Bichlbaum, The Yes Men, Bbc, Activism, Mother Jones, United Nations, Mike Bonanno, Sara Benincasa, Ban Ki-Moon, Dow, The Yes Men Fix the World, Bhopal, Survivaballs, Comedy News
Sara Benincasa

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ReThink Review: The Yes Men Fix the World -- Speaking Truth by Faking Power

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bhopal, Rethink Reviews, Union Carbide, Chamber of Commerce, Jonathan Kim, Dow Chemical, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Yes Men, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Armed only with cheap suits, fake websites, a few props and nuts the size of Survivaballs, the Yes Men have become infamous for infiltrating corporate events pretending to be spokesmen for government agencies or some of the world's most powerful companies.

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Bhopal Chemical Disaster Victims of Bhopal gas tragedy demand cleanup

AP | ALTAF QADRI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bhopal India, Bhopal Protests, Bhopal Chemical Disaster, Bhopal Anniversary, Bhopal Disaster, Bhopal, Bhopal 25th Anniversary, World News

BHOPAL, India — Hundreds of people marched through Bhopal with torches before dawn Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the world's worst in...

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The Yes Men Rule

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: B'eau Pal, Bhopal, Dow Chemical, The Yes Men, Entertainment News
John Feffer

It is, like all fine gourmet water, "bottled at source." Even the French name of the water suggests elegance: B'eau Pal. But wait: B'eau Pal? That sounds rather familiar.

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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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The Yes Men Fix The World One Prank at a Time

Liza Weisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bhopal, Andy Bichlbaum, Biofuels, Halliburton, Dow Chemical, Hbo, Mike Bonanno, Exxon Mobil, HBO Documentaries, Free Market, Corporate Greed, The Yes Men, The Yes Men Fix the World, Pranks, Entertainment News
Liza Weisberg

In their new HBO documentary The Yes Men Fix the World, the eponymous pranksters take aim at unapologetic free market profiteers.

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150 Years

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Crime, Bhopal, Alien Tort Claims Act, Exxon, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Victims, Climate Change, Big Tobacco, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Robert Weissman

The 150-year sentence is headline grabbing, but what should surprise us is not that Madoff got such a long sentence, but that other corporate criminals escape with no criminal prosecution at all.

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Earth Day Atonement: 10 Environmental Disasters to Remember

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Bhopal, Dirty Coal, Buffalo Creek Disaster, Species, Extinction, TVA Coal Ash Pond Disaster, Uranium, Love Canal, Donora Smog, Mountaintop Removal, Black Mesa, Coal, Environmental Disaster, Exxonmobil, Native People, Earth Day, Climate Change, Global Warming, Earth Day 2009, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Ten tragic lessons in our nation's environmental history that should never be forgotten. And one climate destabilization tragedy in the making that needs our urgent help.

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