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United Phosphorus Limited: Toxic warehouse in Durban part of special ‘fast-track’ state investment scheme; firm fined millions in India
by Tony Carnie, Daily Maverick
July 25, 2021
United Phosphorus Limited: Toxic warehouse in Durban part of special ‘fast-track’ state investment scheme; firm fined millions in India
by Tony Carnie, Daily Maverick July 25, 2021 Back in India, the company has just been fined nearly R2-million after one of the company’s pesticide manufacturing plants was shut down by authorities following an explosion five months ago, which killed three workers and injured many more. The Supreme Court in New Delhi has also ordered it to pay another R20-million for operating a major plant for decades without valid environmental authorisation – while company lawyers have hounded journalists for decades for publishing ‘defamatory’ stories about its legacy of environmental pollution.
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Climate mitigation to achieve Paris Agreement goals requires concerted action by global asset allocators and policymakers alike.
Climate mitigation to achieve Paris Agreement goals requires concerted action by global asset allocators and policymakers alike.
In December 2015, the Eiffel Tower was illuminated with green lights
ââAccord de Paris câest fait!â (âthe Paris agreement is done!â). That the world leaders could come together and flesh out an agreement was indeed a great step after the disastrous 2009 Copenhagen summit.
As the leader of the worldâs largest economy and the second largest (greenhouse gas) emitter ⦠the United States of America not only recognises our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it.Barack Obama, U.S. President, December 2015