Polluting Governance
| by Tisaranee Gunasekara
“The Nazi leaders….treated Germany like a conquered land, a colony to be used and abused without consideration, to be exploited to the full, and its national spirit, happiness and wellbeing to be sedulously ignored”.
Sebastian Haffner (Germany: Jekyll & Hyde)
( January 2, 2013- Colombo –Sri Lanka Guardian) Every year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) releases a chart with the sulphur content in the fuel used by different countries. Until 2012, the sulphur content in the diesel used in Sri Lanka was a constant 500ppm (parts per million) . In 2013, the sulphur content in Lankan diesel shot up astronomically, beyond 2000ppm. Thanks to his colossal increase (more than 300%) in just one year, our island-home has joined the category of global-worsts - countries with highest levels of sulphur in their fuel .
