Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement
Tata Mundra Project (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited – CGPL – a subsidiary of Tata Power), is a 4,000 megawatt power plant developed on over 1250 hectares of land near the village Tunda-Wand, in Kutch...
Victory for public health and the environment!
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, decides against investing in the proposed funding of USD 40 million for waste incineration plants in India. PRESS RELEASE February 19, 2025 – In a...
174 Civil Society Organizations, Networks, and Activists Oppose Financing by IFC for Abellon Clean Energy’s Toxic, Pollution Waste-to-Energy Projects in Gujarat, India
PRESS RELEASE | 23.08.24 August 23, 2024 – A collective letter written by the Centre for Financial Accountability, International Accountability Project, National Hawkers Federation, GAIA-Asia Pacific, and Break Free From Plastics and endorsed by...
A letter to the EDs of the IFC regarding the potential harms of investing in the WTE projects in Gujarat
Abellon Clean Energy Limited (ACEL) is a Waste to Energy (WTE) developer based out of Gujarat in India, who is developing 4 WTE plants in Rajkot, Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Jamnagar of cumulative capacity 52.20...
Just transition in petrochemicals: Dahej’s industries proving to be major obstacles for climate targets
The lives of people in many areas of Gujarat have become difficult due to petrochemical industries.
Just transition in petrochemicals: Dahej near Bharuch is Asia’s richest industrial zone. But what of its local fisherfolk
The lives of people in many areas of Gujarat have become difficult due to petrochemical industries.
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Financiers now back renewable energy projects more: Study
For the first time, 100% of the value of the project finance loans identified last year went to renewable energy projects. This is a considerable increase compared to 2020, where renewable energy loans accounted...
Remembering the Challakere case: The National Green Tribunal on the environmental impacts of solar power
India is aggressively promoting the growth of renewable energy in its quest to be a global leader on climate action, but it continues to ignore concerns about the social and environmental impacts of promoting...
Behind the ABG Shipyard fraud, a system that lets big firms gamble with savings of ordinary people
As the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday registered a case of money laundering against Gujarat-based ABG Shipyard based on the complaint of the State Bank of India, the company has been described as being involved in “India’s biggest...
Tata Mundra: Nobel laureate, others ask US apex court to drop immunity to World Bank
Economic, legal, diplomatic and civil society experts – including Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and former Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank – have urged the United States Supreme Court...
Gujarat, too, exits PM crop insurance scheme, citing premium burden
Chief Minister Rupani launches alternative State-funded scheme for kharif 2020 Is the cookie crumbling for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) with Gujarat exiting the scheme? The BJP-ruled State has cited the “burden...
Too Many Costs for Too Little: The Story of Tata Mundra
Statement in response to news reports that the company has written to the Ministry of Power that they will stop operating the Mundra project from February 2020. Mundra, Gujarat January 13, 2020: Tata power...
Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine
For Immediate Release After a Judge declared World Bank immunity cases “wrongly decided,” the communities affected by the Tata Mundra project approach US court to review “absolute immunity” doctrine Communities harmed by Tata Mundra...