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Polluting Paradise: Big brands including Gap exposed in Indonesian toxic water scandal
Posted by Greenpeace: None Given on April 17th, 2013
Greenpeace: Greenpeace International investigations have revealed the dumping of industrial wastewater containing a cocktail of toxic and hazardous chemicals, and caustic water, directly into the Citarum River, West Java. International fashion brands, including Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy are linked to this pollution through their direct business relations with PT Gistex Group; the company behind the polluting facility.
“Gap’s latest advertising campaign declares that we should ‘Be Bright’, but by collaborating...
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Comments Off on Polluting Paradise: Big brands including Gap exposed in Indonesian toxic water scandalExxon replaces part of Arkansas pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2013
United Press International: A new section of the Pegasus oil pipeline was installed in Mayflower, Ark., after the damaged section was cut out, Exxon Mobil said.
About 5,000 barrels of oil spilled from a 22-foot rupture in the Pegasus oil pipeline in late March. The pipeline was moving diluted tar sands oil from Canada.
Exxon said a new pipeline section was installed after the damaged section was removed and sent to a third-party laboratory for metallurgy testing.
Environmental groups say Canadian crude oil is more...