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GCM challenged to pull out of Phulbari coal project
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GCM challenged to pull out of Phulbari coal project

Last updated: Dec 17, 2011

Bangladeshi activists demonstrate against GCM Resources

See Morning Star report on the demonstration organised by the UK Branch of the National Committee for the Protection of Bangladesh’s Oil, Gas, Natural Resource, Power and Ports.

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Climate Vulnerable Forum Declaration adopted

Last updated: Nov 15, 2011

Nineteen climate vulnerable countries have signed the Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011 Dhaka Declaration: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and …
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Investors out of Phulbari

Last updated: Nov 10, 2011

London Mining Network joined 84 other organisations in signing a letter to investors in London-listed GCM Resources’ Phulbari coal project in Bangladesh, calling on them to disinvest.

See http://www.accountabilityproject.org/article.php?id=668.…
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Phulbari tragedy victims remembered

Last updated: Aug 31, 2011

The people of Phulbari upazila observed Phulbari Day in honour of the protestors who were killed during firing by law enforcers in 2006. Commemorating the deceased, Phulbari people built an altar on the riverbank of …
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Bangladesh Government to persuade public to support open-pit mining

Last updated: Jun 2, 2011

The Government of Bangladesh has started to try to build public opinion in favour of open-pit coal extraction from the deposits located in the northern districts, in particular the Phulbari coal mine, a project of …
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Rending Bangladesh Asunder?

Last updated: May 25, 2011

Coal projects threaten unique wetlands

Having waited some years for a national coal policy to be introduced by the government, citizens of Bangladesh are still in the dark over whether coherent regulations will be introduced …
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Big Coal Emergency in Bangladesh Worsens

Last updated: May 12, 2011

Violent crackdown on villagers peacefully opposing British company’s coal mine

On the afternoon of May 5th, a peaceful anti-coal demonstration by local villagers in Bangladesh suddenly turned bloody. The resort to violence is the latest …
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Displacing People For Profit: Obama Administration Supports Controversial Coal Project in Bangladesh

Last updated: Apr 28, 2011

Why is the Obama administration covertly pushing for London-based GCM Resources‘ internationally opposed open-pit coal mine operation in Bangladesh?

See http://www.alternet.org/environment/150729/…
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Protests against GCM Resources continue in Bangladesh

Last updated: Apr 9, 2011

As the sun rose on March 28, 2011, roughly 2,000 people gathered to demonstrate against a mining project that would displace tens of thousands of people in northwest Bangladesh and establish one of the largest …
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Villagers rally against GCM Resources and open pit mining in Bangladesh

Last updated: Apr 4, 2011

The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, ports and power enforced a six-hour road and rail blockade at Phulbari in Dinajpur, demanding implementation of its seven-point demands including compensation for Aman crops near …
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Mangrove Action Project says stop Phulbari coal mine

Last updated: Mar 24, 2011

London-listed GCM Resources’ Phulbari Coal Mine Project would establish one of the world’s largest open pit coal mines in northwest Bangladesh, forcibly displacing as many as 130,000 people, including more than 2,200 indigenous households. Mangrove …
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Cultural Survival Launches Campaign to Halt Coal Mine in Bangladesh

Last updated: Feb 9, 2011

February 9, 2011

Media Contacts:
Paula Palmer, Director, Global Response Program, Cultural Survival, 00 1 303 444-0306, paula@cs.org
Joanna Levitt, Executive Director, International Accountability Project, 00 1 415-659-0555, joanna@accountabilityproject.org
Rumana Hashem, International Correspondent of the …
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