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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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Breathing in the Benefits: How an accelerated coal phase-out can reduce health impacts and costs for Albertans.

While the Government of Alberta announced its intention to phase out coal by 2030, a shut-down schedule has yet to be unveiled. An accelerated phase-out in a stepwise fashion, as proposed by the Pembina Institute, could avoid approximately an additional 600 premature deaths, 500 emergency room visits, and nearly $3 billion in socio-economic value of avoided health outcomes between 2015 and 2035.

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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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Coal Finance in Mozambique: The Economics of Coal

The Economics of coal Justiça Ambiental launched a report on coal finance in Mozambique last week, at the climate justice conference in Maputo.

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