AuroraGlacialis
04-10-2011, 12:38 PM
http://www.accountabilityproject.org/article.php?id=612
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/03/24/big-coal-wikileaks-emergency-in-bangladesh-does-obama-support-removal-of-100000-villagers/
a decade-long battle (http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/bangladesh/bangladesh-campaign-update-massive-protest-against-phulbari-barapukuria-coal-mines)to halt a devastating British-owned open-pit coal mine,
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American and worldwide human rights and environmental organizations will also be questioning why the Obama administration is covertly pushing for Bangladesh to reverse course and acquiesce to an internationally condemned (http://www.bicusa.org/en/Project.Updates.59.aspx) massive open-pit mine that will displace an estimated 100,000-200,000 villagers and ravage desperately needed farm land and water resources.
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“Phulbari Coal Project threatens numerous dangers and potential damages, ranging from the degradation of a major agricultural region in Bangladesh to pollution of the world’s largest wetlands. The project’s Summary Environmental Impact Assessment, and its full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment are replete with vague assurances, issuing many promises of future mitigation measures.”
and a letter to sign:
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/take-action/bangladesh/email
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/03/24/big-coal-wikileaks-emergency-in-bangladesh-does-obama-support-removal-of-100000-villagers/
a decade-long battle (http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/bangladesh/bangladesh-campaign-update-massive-protest-against-phulbari-barapukuria-coal-mines)to halt a devastating British-owned open-pit coal mine,
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American and worldwide human rights and environmental organizations will also be questioning why the Obama administration is covertly pushing for Bangladesh to reverse course and acquiesce to an internationally condemned (http://www.bicusa.org/en/Project.Updates.59.aspx) massive open-pit mine that will displace an estimated 100,000-200,000 villagers and ravage desperately needed farm land and water resources.
...
“Phulbari Coal Project threatens numerous dangers and potential damages, ranging from the degradation of a major agricultural region in Bangladesh to pollution of the world’s largest wetlands. The project’s Summary Environmental Impact Assessment, and its full Environmental and Social Impact Assessment are replete with vague assurances, issuing many promises of future mitigation measures.”
and a letter to sign:
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/take-action/bangladesh/email