ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Uptodate, Methyl Isocyanate, The Scientists
14 Apr 2016
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Activists move from streets to courts, enter the government. Green party succeeded in germany due to: The nature of the parliamentary system in germany (proportional representation) West germany suffered nato troops/nuclear weapons, got lots of pollution from. Heightened sense of responsibility in west germany (nazis reputation) Educated middle class are mobilizing the environmental movement. People are focusing more on the pollution of urban centres/rainforests, bigger scale than small communities (ghandi/india) People discover that the decline of biodiversity (extinction), the hole in the ozone layer, and natural disasters don"t respect national boundaries. Union carbide is a company with a pesticide plant in india. 2 december 1984: water poured through pipes connected to a chemical tank, causing a reaction that made a huge cloud of chemical (methyl isocyanate) 2000 residents suffocated to death, went blind, lungs deteriorated, severe burns, blindness and respiratory illness. The media portrayed this as single exceptional event.
