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Stop the UK supporting a disastrous coal project in Bangladesh

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Posted in Global Warming | Tagged Global Warming

You can stop a Bangladesh coal mine from ruining thousands of lives. You will be shocked to hear the UK government is actively supporting a mine in Bangladesh that will force thousands of poor people to leave their land. More than 40,000 people will lose their homes and the water supply of 100,000 could be contaminated if the mine goes ahead.

Thanks to E-news readers, we’ve already made progress. In our biggest online action to date, you emailed Barclays, which resulted in the bank selling its shares in Global Coal Management (GCM), the British company planning the mine.

Now we want to do even more. We’ve discovered that the UK government has been actively supporting the mine by lobbying on behalf of GCM - this has to stop. Please take part in our online action to Gareth Thomas MP to tell him to do the right thing, and to stop supporting this disastrous project.

Today we’re also asking you to help by making a donation to ensure we can continue to run this vital campaign. Your support will help pay for a campaign website, campaign materials to spread the word  and the work of our in-house lobbyists.

• Take action now and tell the UK government to withdraw their support
• Support the campaign with a donation

Zakir Kibria, an activist in Bangladesh, has personally asked for our help to stop the mine from going ahead. And we cannot let him down. With your help we can continue to coordinate and build resistance against the mine.

To find out more about this campaign, see a video and read more in-depth information on our website.

With your help we can stop this disaster from happening.

All the best,

Murray Benham, Head of Campaigns WDM