[sustran] Re: fwd CSE - Indian air pollution updates

[Eric Bruun]

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, SUSTRAN Resource Centre wrote:

> From: "webadmin" <webadmin at cseindia.org>
> Organization: Center For Science and Environment
> To: <CSE-LIST at cse.org>
> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:01:11 +0530
> Subject: What's new at CSE
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> What's new at the Centre for Science and Environment, New 
> Delhi, India
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> A message from our Director, Anil Agarwal:
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>  WTO allows governments to adopt domestic regulations, standards and 
> emission norms for the protection of the environment and 
> the health and safety of its people, as long as these norms 
> are used to regulate both domestic and foreign producers 
> without discrimination.
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  This remains to be seen.  The WTO can be used as well to drive
down the standards of the richer countries. We have already seen
the Canadian government successfully sued for trying to ban the
additive MMT from gasoline.  And how do we know that auto
manufacturers won't sue to let in their dirty vehicles? I could
certainly see how US manufacturers would like it if an Indian
company sued to have their vehicles let in, as it would give them
an excuse not to comply with more stringent standards. I can
also see how our current reactionary Congress in the US and
environment-indifferent Executive branch would be sympathetic to such
arguments.  Eric Bruun
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