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September 30, 2017
Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity”
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 communities and farmers represented by EarthRights I...
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November 20, 2017
Communities affected by Tata Mundra rejects ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report
Report subverts the real issues while focusing only on the frivolous ones August 25, 2017, Kutch, Gujarat: Communities affected by the Tata Mundra (Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd – CGPL) coal power plant in Kutch have rejected Asian Development Bank’s Second Annual Monitoring Report to the Board of Direc...
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February 18, 2019
India’s Thermal Power Projects are Making Even our Public-Sector Banks Sick
We all know of the killing impacts of coal based power plants – from the massive air pollution, from water contamination and from the dirty coal mines.  As per the “State of Global Air 2017” report, there were over 4.2 million premature deaths in 2015, from exposure to long term air pollution alone,...
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September 3, 2017
The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
August 23, 2017, New Delhi: “The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore,” said senior journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. The former editor of EPW and author of Gas Wars alleged that out of this, Rs one lakh crore, the corruption of Rs 50,000 is ‘well-establis...
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July 6, 2018
ADB’s Annual Monitoring Report on Tata Mundra rejected: Press Statement
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 Ltd – CGPL) coal power plant in Kutch rejected ADB’s Se...
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March 27, 2018
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 coal power plant in India continue to seek justice from World Bank...
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January 23, 2018
Press release: Federal Appeals Court Rules That World Bank Group Cannot Be Sued For Harming Communities
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 Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held that the International ...
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February 18, 2026
Press Statement: Adani and Tata Projects – Hold them Accountable, Don’t Bailout.
Press Statement | 26 June 2017 Bailout Pleas by both Adani and Tata Projects in Mundraa symptom of larger menace;Government should not acquire liabilities, to waste public money;Both corporations should be held accountable for the colossal social and environmental impacts.  Mundra, Gujarat: We are n...
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