Can There Ever Be Fair-Trade Copper? Newly-Launched Website ‘the trip flare' isn't Convinced

In an article published today, newly-launched website www.thetripflare.org asks: Can there ever be fair trade copper?

(PRWeb) February 21, 2007 -- In an article published today, newly-launched website www.thetripflare.org asks: Can there ever be fair trade copper?

the trip flare puts the question in the latest of a series of articles. Together, these form a complete ‘dossier' on the case of the criminally convicted former Midwestern copper smelter, Chemetco. The dossier is entitled: ‘The Pipe to Nowhere: Chemetco's secret,' and contains original research.

‘I've spent a number of years looking at the Chemetco case, and the more I've looked, the more Chemetco seems to offer lessons of lasting global relevance,' said the dossier's author, Alistair Siddons.

the trip flare aims to bring the hidden details of the case to the attention of the widest public possible, ‘because Chemetco shows that even in one of the most regulated economies in the world, corporate criminal behaviour towards the environment can take a very long time to defeat,' says the trip flare.

‘Can there ever be fair trade copper?' is a good question to ask now, argues Siddons, ‘because a lot of copper production is shifting from environmentally regulated economies to those that are less so. In the United States, we've seen what can happen even with swingeing enforcement powers in place, so it doesn't take much imagination to see what is likely to happen when nobody is looking at all.'

the trip flare is a not-for-profit website and carries articles and comment on environmental and global issues.

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+44 7803 132623
www.thetripflare.org

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