End Coal | Topic Climate Change

Myanmar Coal Report 2017

COAL : A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN MYANMAR

This is according to a report launched today by Greenpeace Southeast Asia, EcoDev/ALARM, Myanmar Green Network, Paung Ku, EarthRights International (ERI) and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Myanmar (HBS), based on the latest research by Harvard University and Greenpeace.

Tags: Harvard, health, Myanmar, SouthEast Asia Topic: Climate Change, Coal Fired Power Plant, Health Type: Reports Read More

280 CSOs from 47 Countries Call on Japanese Government to Reject Financing for Cirebon and Indramayu Coal Plants in West Java, Indonesia

On March 23, Indonesian and Japanese CSOs submitted an international petition signed by 280 CSOs from 47 countries to Japanese government, to call on JBIC and JICA not to finance the Cirebon expansion coal-fired power plant (1,000 MW) and the Indramayu expansion coal-fired power plant (1,000 MW), both located in West Java, Indonesia.

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Bangladeshi and Indian Prime Ministers urged to protect Sundarbans from coal-fired power plant in open letter signed by more than 70 civil society organisations

.”Today, more than 70 non-governmental organisations from around the world called for the cancellation of the proposed Rampal coal power plant, in an open letter to the governments of Bangladesh and India.

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Open letter: Protect Sundarbans from coal-fired power plants

Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers of State and Ministers of Bangladesh and India,

We are writing to express our deep concern regarding the proposed Rampal and Orion coal power-plant projects, whose construction is being planned only 12-14 km away from the Sundarbans.

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The Sky’s Limit: Why the Paris Climate Goals Require a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production.

This report discusses key findings by the authors that the potential carbon emissions from the oil, gas, and coal in the world’s currently operating fields and mines would take us beyond 2°C of warming. It then goes on to offer key recommendations to Governments that no new fossil fuel extraction or transportation infrastructure should be built nor be granted any new permits for them.

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