ExxonKnews
September 20, 2024
Sunday marks the opening ceremony of Climate Week NYC, a major (and majorly hyped) event intended to bring corporate executives, NGOs, and government officials together to “to drive the transition, speed up progress, and champion change that is already happening.”
It’s also the second year in a row that Saint-Gobain, a materials and plastics manufacturer headquartered in France, is a top-tier sponsor of the event.
Saint-Gobain has a well-documented history of polluting communities’ public water supplies with cancer-causing PFOA, a “forever chemical” the company knew was toxic decades ago. They’ve been sued for it, and for misleading regulators and residents about the dangerous substance.
