[Urbanstudy] FW: Environmental Groups Express Worldwide Disapproval of World Bank Action on Indian Coal Plant

[Deb Ranjan Sinha]

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Environmental Groups Express Worldwide Disapproval of World Bank Action on Indian Coal Plant

Groups Tell Dr. Kim: No to Financing Tata Mundra
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Contact: Dan Byrnes (202) 495-3039 or daniel.byrnes at sierraclub.org
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, 68 groups from 28 countries across six continents sent a letter <http://sc.org/mundra-letter>  to World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim condemning the World Bank Group’s continued support for a deadly coal project in Gujarat, India. This action comes on the heels of a letter from over 100 groups in India <http://bit.ly/1aosS6k>  demanding that the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation withdraw funding <http://bit.ly/HzLhHl>  from the project, Tata Power’s 4,000-megawatt Mundra coal-fired power plant. 
 
In response, the groups released the following statement:
 
"The worldwide disapproval of Dr. Kim’s actions show that this is not an isolated drive to move from coal to clean energy, but rather a global movement. The clean energy revolution is gaining momentum as communities band together to demand their right to clean air, drinkable water, and access to land and livelihoods. The fact is, it’s unacceptable to sacrifice local residents to coal development. In fact, it goes against Dr. Kim's public health advocacy, his commitment to fight climate disruption, and especially the World Bank’s new energy strategy. It’s time Dr. Kim holds the World Bank Group accountable for its failures and withdraws from the dangerous Tata Mundra project.”
 
View the letter here: sc.org/mundra-letter <http://sc.org/mundra-letter>  
 
full: https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2013/11/environmental-groups-express-worldwide-disapproval-world-bank-action-indian