Chemical Liability

In a setback to 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, a US court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm's former chemical plant in Bhopal.

US Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman has said he did not make any link between the Bhopal gas leak issue and India's request for loan help from the World Bank in an e-mail communication with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.        "With regard to recent reports about my privat...

If cleaning up the still toxic site at Bhopal is a priority for the government, tackling the question of liability is an altogether different proposition. Existing laws in the country are too weak to effectively take on big polluting corporations. The end result, in instances, polluting companies can still get away by paying a fine of as little as ...

As the blame game continues over the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, the main question that arises is: Who is responsible for cleaning up the Bhopal gas disaster site?

In a setback to 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy victims, a US court has held that neither Union Carbide nor its former chairman Warren Anderson were liable for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims at the firm's former chemical plant in Bhopal.

US Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Froman has said he did not make any link between the Bhopal gas leak issue and India's request for loan help from the World Bank in an e-mail communication with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.        "With regard to recent reports about my privat...

If cleaning up the still toxic site at Bhopal is a priority for the government, tackling the question of liability is an altogether different proposition. Existing laws in the country are too weak to effectively take on big polluting corporations. The end result, in instances, polluting companies can still get away by paying a fine of as little as ...

As the blame game continues over the Bhopal gas tragedy verdict, the main question that arises is: Who is responsible for cleaning up the Bhopal gas disaster site?