Victories and Steps Along the Way
Victory in India
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Victories Around the World
UKRAINE
Court orders industry to inform citizens about air pollution
In January, ELAW partners in Ukraine celebrated a high court ruling ordering a subsidiary of France’s Lafarge Cement to release information on plans to expand kiln capacity by switching fuels from natural gas to coal and used tires! This victory for clean air ends a three year dispute between Environment-People-Law (EPL) and JSC Mykolaivcement (Lafarge Group).
Around the World
VICTORIES for clean water, for clean air, and healthy communities
JAMAICA
Fixing a Leaking Sewage Plant
Who spends time thinking about what happens when you flush the toilet? A visit to the Harbour View Sewage Treatment Plant back in the 1980s prompted ELAW partner Diana McCaulay to leave her work in the insurance industry and launch the Jamaica Environment Trust.
Pellew Island Saved
An idyllic Jamaican island has escaped its fate
as another high-end tourist destination.
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Paint, pesticide and pharmaceutical manufacturers at the government-owned SIPCOT industrial complex in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, are endangering residents with toxic emissions.
Relief in Sight for Families in Hazaribagh
The Bangladesh High Court has ruled that more than 1,000 polluting tanneries and other industries in Bangladesh will be closed if they do not put pollution control systems in place by February 2010. The people of Hazaribagh have been complaining about the tanneries for so long that they almost gave up hope. They will celebrate when the pollution stops,” says Rizwana Hasan, Executive Director of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA).
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“The best thing one can do to secure the future of her children is to leave behind a livable earth – a place that allows us to breathe, dream, evolve, assist and when necessary, resist.” Rizwana Hasan |
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