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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying 
coal bender. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in 
Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying coal bender. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. 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Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying 
coal bender. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in 
Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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                <div align="justify"><em><span class="texto1">As leaders from two of the world's largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span></em><br /><span class="texto1">Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &quot;insatiable&quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the <a href="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Atlantic Council</a>.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink">Bank Information Center</a> (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying coal bender. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying 
coal bender. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in 
Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying coal bender. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Indian Activists Bring Anti-Coal Campaign to World Bank by Amanda Wilson&#039;,
	&#039;subheading&#039; =&gt; &#039;&#039;,
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying 
coal bender. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in 
Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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                <div align="justify"><em><span class="texto1">As leaders from two of the world's largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span></em><br /><span class="texto1">Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &quot;insatiable&quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the <a href="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Atlantic Council</a>.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink">Bank Information Center</a> (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying coal bender. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
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&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying 
coal bender. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in 
Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&amp;quot; Patil told IPS. &amp;quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying coal bender. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. 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	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Indian Activists Bring Anti-Coal Campaign to World Bank by Amanda Wilson&#039;,
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &amp;quot;insatiable&amp;quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Atlantic Council&lt;/a&gt;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Sierra Club&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Bank Information Center&lt;/a&gt; (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India&#039;s energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country&#039;s intensifying 
coal bender. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &amp;quot;Ankur&amp;quot;, which in 
Hindi means &amp;quot;seedling&amp;quot;.
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&amp;quot;There is tremendous unrest,&amp;quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
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The projects in Gujarat, according to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;new report&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&amp;quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &amp;quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&amp;quot;.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
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&amp;quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
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share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&amp;quot;
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On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &amp;quot;Moving Planet&amp;quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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$disp = &#039;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As leaders from two of the world&#039;s largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. 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Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident&#039;s 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&amp;quot; Somers said. &amp;quot;At some point to the government is going to say &#039;this is not sustainable&#039;.&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&amp;quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People&#039;s Science Forum, based in New Delhi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;texto1&quot;&gt;In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot; title=&quot;http://appvoices.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;notalink&quot;&gt;Appalachian Voices&lt;/a&gt;. 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                <div align="justify"><em><span class="texto1">As leaders from two of the world's largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span></em><br /><span class="texto1">Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &quot;insatiable&quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the <a href="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Atlantic Council</a>.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink">Bank Information Center</a> (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying coal bender. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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<em><span class="texto1">As leaders from two of the world's largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span></em><br />
<span class="texto1">Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &quot;insatiable&quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the <a href="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Atlantic Council</a>.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink">Bank Information Center</a> (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying 
coal bender. 
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in 
Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&quot;
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
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Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. 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Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. 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<em><span class="texto1">As leaders from two of the world's largest financial 
institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, 
met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of 
activists from India called on the World Bank to follow 
through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for 
coal-burning power stations.</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span></em><br />
<span class="texto1">Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to 
West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, 
activists from India will meet with local community members in that 
state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called 
mountaintop removal.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, 
Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft 
energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically 
cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given 
billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the 
past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &quot;insatiable&quot; demand 
for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South 
Asia Center at the <a href="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Atlantic Council</a>.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with 
the <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink">Bank Information Center</a> (BIC), a World Bank 
monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges 
posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying 
coal bender. 
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power 
plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide 
coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said 
India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from 
Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is 
experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 
billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. 
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per 
year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is 
nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new 
technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold 
every month in India.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog 
out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is 
going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have 
immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the 
brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a 
lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a 
member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres 
and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study 
commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. Civil society activists from 
communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West 
Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say 
destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter 
landscapes.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan 
Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local 
youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal 
development projects. Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in 
Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of 
the projects on her community. 
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: 
Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the 
Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land 
acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing 
the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy 
projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated 
for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and 
nuclear power stations.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to 
meet with U.S activists.
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy 
strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to 
share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural 
resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for 
our survival.&quot;
</span><br />
<span class="texto1"></span><br />
<span class="texto1">
On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal 
activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of 
action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil 
fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also 
planned in India.
</span>
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$disp = '<div align="justify"><em><span class="texto1">As leaders from two of the world's largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span></em><br /><span class="texto1">Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an &quot;insatiable&quot; demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the <a href="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.acus.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Atlantic Council</a>.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.bicusa.org/en/index.aspx" target="_blank" class="notalink">Bank Information Center</a> (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying coal bender. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?&quot; Somers said. &quot;At some point to the government is going to say 'this is not sustainable'.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot,&quot; said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by <a href="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://appvoices.org/" target="_blank" class="notalink">Appalachian Voices</a>. Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called &quot;Ankur&quot;, which in Hindi means &quot;seedling&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;There is tremendous unrest,&quot; Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. </span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">The projects in Gujarat, according to a <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink" title="http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/narratives/" target="_blank" class="notalink">new report</a> &quot;Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle&quot;, published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a &quot;violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation&quot;.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists.</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">&quot;I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here,&quot; Patil told IPS. &quot;I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival.&quot;</span><br /><span class="texto1"></span><br /><span class="texto1">On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in &quot;Moving Planet&quot; day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also planned in India.</span></div>'
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Indian Activists Bring Anti-Coal Campaign to World Bank by Amanda Wilson

As leaders from two of the world's largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with its proposal to dramatically cut funding for coal-burning power stations. Over the next few days, the delegation will travel from Washington to West Virginia where, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, activists from India will meet with local community members in that state who oppose a form of high-impact surface strip mining called mountaintop removal. As part of its journey, the delegation will visit Kayford Mountain, Blair, Fayette County, and Charleston, West Virginia. In a ray of hope for activists, the World Bank issued a new draft energy policy earlier this year that would, if approved, dramatically cut funding for coal projects. If the World Bank, which has given billions of dollars in funding to coal development projects in the past, pulls funding for coal, the move could have a ripple effect. Growth in India, much like China, is fueling an "insatiable" demand for energy, said Shikha Bhatnagar, associate director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council. The Atlantic Council sponsored a panel session Tuesday, along with the Sierra Club and the Bank Information Center (BIC), a World Bank monitoring group, to discuss India's energy future and the challenges posed by what coal critics describe as the country's intensifying coal bender. According to the Sierra Club, India approved 150 new coal-fired power plants last year alone and has plans to increase its countrywide coal-fired power 600 percent over the next two decades. But Ron Somers, president of the U.S.-India Business Council, said India was inefficiently mining coal, forcing it to import from Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa. Meanwhile, he said, India is experiencing a growing demand for energy from a population of 1.2 billion, 54 percent under the age of 25. He said that while Indians consume 700 kilowatt hours per person per year compared to the average U.S. resident's 14,000, there is nevertheless a growing demand for energy, as well as for new technologies such as cellular phones, 10 million of which are sold every month in India. "If you can jump that far in telecommunications, can we not leapfrog out of coal power?" Somers said. "At some point to the government is going to say 'this is not sustainable'." Coal critics also say coal mining and burning projects have immeasurable costs for the communities and ecosystems that bear the brunt of the environmental impact, from India to the U.S. "There is not a single country that has not increased its GDP quite a lot without increasing pollution quite a lot," said Soumya Dutta, a member of the India People's Science Forum, based in New Delhi. In 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining had destroyed 352,000 acres and 135 mountains in West Virgina alone, according to study commissioned by Appalachian Voices. Civil society activists from communities facing environmental effects of coal mining, both in West Virginia and India, have called for halts to projects they say destroy quality of life, damage water sources, and irreparably alter landscapes. Vaishali Patil, a delegation member and activist from the Konkan Coast region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, India, has organised local youth and community groups in her region to oppose new coal development projects. Her organisation is called "Ankur", which in Hindi means "seedling". "There is tremendous unrest," Patil said, referring to the impact of the projects on her community. The projects in Gujarat, according to a new report "Coal Narratives: Voices from the Front Lines of the Global Struggle", published by the Sierra Club, have been accompanied by a "violent onslaught of land acquisition, displacement, corruption, and intimidation". Patil said that the biodiversity hotspot where she lives is facing the prospect of many more environmentally high-impact energy projects, including 56 sanctioned iron-ore mining operations, slated for the Western Ghatt Mountains, and 19 proposed coal thermal and nuclear power stations. Patil said she was looking forward to her trip to West Virginia to meet with U.S activists. "I am looking forward to seeing what the civil society advocacy strategies are here," Patil told IPS. "I want to learn from them, to share our struggle for community rights, for the right to natural resources, to save the land and sea - we feel this struggle is for our survival." On Sep. 24, the Indian delegation and U.S mountaintop removal activists will take part in "Moving Planet" day, a global day of action organised by civil society groups and supporters of fossil fuel-alternative energy, together in West Virginia. Events are also planned in India.