Chernobyl nuclear plant accident ..... Bhopal chemical plant accident ...Exxon oil spill off Alaska .... .BP oil pipeline leakage in the Gulf of Mexico .... Burning of oil wells in Kuwait by retreating Iraqui forces .....
The list is only a few of the major environmental disasters that have occurred in recent years. Out of those incidents arose conflicts and disputes relating to numerous physical, economic, social and political factors: transborder pollution, climate change, ozone layer’s reduction, waste disposal in bodies of water and on land, transport of hazardous wastes, serious threats to biodiversity, genetically modified organisms, desertification, deforestation and drought, nuclear accidents or accidents at sea, to name a few. Where do victims bring suits to claim environmental justice ?
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