Debt-laden and deadly, India’s coal-fired power sector continues to suck out large sums and pump in toxic pollutants. Is the country heading into dark times on the pretext of seeing light? TOI analyses various...
India shows how hard it is to move beyond fossil fuels towards a renewable future. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand State DARKNESS is falling as coal starts its long, lawless journey from the pit. The first signs...
For Immediate Release U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group in Brief to SCOTUS Washington, D.C., August 1, 2018 – Late yesterday, the U.S. Government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse...
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS): With Japan’s Nippon life Insurance Company purporting to restrict new finance for coal plant projects regardless of their location, a group of environmental NGOs and experts on Saturday hailed...
The Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), an independent body of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, that makes recommendations to the Norges Bank with regards to either excluding companies...
October 14, 2017, New Delhi: Some of the biggest players in global finance are quietly backing the world’s most dangerous coal plant, according to an international investigative report released earlier this week. The report titled Time...
For immediate release How International Investors Can Stop Rampal Power Project, the World’s Most Dangerous Coal Plant Report Shines a Light on Hidden Backers of World’s Most Destructive Coal Project October 12, 2017, New...
Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity” Contact: Gillian Wilson +1 (202) 466 5188 x114 gillian@earthrights.org September 27, 2017, Washington, D.C. Indian fishing...
Press Statement: 22 .8.2017 ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report on Tata Mundra rejected: Report subverts the real issues while focusing only on the frivolous ones Kutch, Gujarat: Communities affected by the Tata Mundra (Coastal Gujarat Power...
For Immediate Release Federal Appeals Court Rules That World Bank Group Cannot Be Sued For Harming Communities Affected Communities Plan Further Legal Challenge June 27, 2017, Washington D.C., and Mundra: The U.S. Court of...
Press Statement | 26 June 2017 Bailout Pleas by both Adani and Tata Projects in Mundra a symptom of larger menace; Government should not acquire liabilities, to waste public money; Both corporations should be...
The year 2015 was called a landmark year in terms of global environmental action. Two global agreements were reached and sealed – both critically concerned with the future environmental health of the earth and...
Press Release January 6, 2017: New Delhi Prominent people’s movements and other civil society organisations from India today extended their support and solidarity to the struggle against the India supported Rampal power project in...
Mapping Coal Project Finances in India Who finances coal projects in India? What is the quantum of money behind these large coal projects? What proportion is financed by international financial institutions and national financial...