[PAA-Discuss] Urgent Action Needed: Call your Congress Representative to sign on to a letter to Dow Chemical Company!

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A warm welcome to the new supporters who have joined the campaign after attending a survivors tour event!



Get Your Representative in Congress
to Write to Dow Chemical about Bhopal



If you are living in the U.S., or are a U.S. citizen, please take a few minutes to take this action:



While we were in Washington D.C. for the Survivors’ Tour, we met with Congressman Pallone of New Jersey, who has been a strong supporter of the Bhopal Campaign for many years.  This year, he has circulated another sign on letter to his colleagues in the House of Representatives, which is addressed to the CEO and Board of Dow Chemical Company.  We need your help to make sure that the letter has as many members of Congress signed on to it as possible.  We're in the process of setting up a fax action, but in the meantime, we need people to start making calls!



Please take a moment to call your member of the House of Representatives today. You can find their name and number in this website: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

If you can call today or during a work day, great.  Otherwise, it's great to leave messages as well!




Here are some sample talking points:

1. I am a volunteer/member of the Campaign for Justice in Bhopal.

-> If you get someone on the phone, you could ask to deal with the person Foreign or Environmental issues

2. I'm calling about the Congressional Sign on letter that Congressman Pallone has circulated.  It's addressed
 to Dow Chemical Company's CEO and Board and it urges Dow to clean up the site of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, India and to face the rule of law in India.

3. I want to make sure the Congress member knows how strongly his/her constituents, like myself, feel about the Bhopal Issue.  I sincerely hope that Congress member XX will sign on to the letter.  

-> If you're actually talking to an environmental or foreign affairs aide, you could ask them if they think that the Congress member will sign it or if they want you to send a copy if they haven't seen it.  




Please send an email to me (shana at panna.org) and let us know how the call went!




Some more background info:

In 2003, Congressman Pallone sponsored a Congressional letter to Dow that had 16 members signed on.  In 2006 and 2008, he sent a letter to the Prime Minister of India that each had 16 members signed on to them.  We need to make sure that the letter this year has more signatures than ever before!   





The letter that Pallone has written is very strong and urges Dow to take responsibility for cleaning up Bhopal and to show up in court!  

The letter says: “There is a "polluter pays" principle in the domestic laws of both India and the United States, as well as both domestic and international law.  It states that the polluter, rather than the public agencies or taxpayers, should be held responsible for its environmental p
ollution in its entirety….At the time of your company’s acquisition of Union Carbide, Bhopal survivors, supporters, and Dow shareholders warned Dow against acquiring the company because of its pending liabilities.  As the parent company of Union Carbide, Dow bears the responsibility for Union Carbide’s liabilities.” Attached is the full letter, in case they ask for a copy of it.  

 

Make sure that Dow hears from your Congress Representative! 







Thanks!

Shana Ortman, Rachna Dhingra, Sarita Malviya, Safreen Khan
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal and Children Against Dow Carbide













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Shana Blustein Ortman

US Coordinator, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal




shana at panna.org - email

415-746-0306 - cell

415-981-6205 ext. 355 - office

skype: sbortman 




I am in the office Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm PST

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