Friday, February 16, 2007

Oil Company to Pay $200 Million in Toxic Dumping in Ivory Coast

"An oil trading company based in the Netherlands has agreed to pay almost $200 million to the government of Ivory Coast to settle claims that it illegally dumped toxic petrochemical waste in Abidjan last August.

The company, Trafigura, said the payment was not an admission of fault by any party. It said the money would help pay for a new waste disposal plant, a new hospital and an audit to determine the cause and effects of the dumping."

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So how are we supposed to combat globalwarming if big oil companies like this one keeps dumping their toxic waste wherever and whenever they want to. It's up to us to clean up after them. This is why we need to come away from using fossil based fuels, and start taking advantage of the renewable energy sources we have like wind power and solar energy.

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