The following represents an updated list of new stories in relation to the Phulbari issue: The Bangladesh Chronicle (31/12/2012): Asia Energy awaits PM’s Phulbari nod Priyo News (31/12/2012):  Asia Energy awaits PM’s Phulbari nod Coal Guru (24/12/2012): GCM Resources update on AGM Coal Guru (24/12/2012): Phulbari deal not in hurry – PM aide Bdnews24 (22/12/2012):  Phulbari deal not in hurry: PM aide The …

By Raaj Manik, 22 December 2012 Thursday was a miserable day for the board of GCM Resources, and a day, of what the protesters of the destructive Phulbari Project called ‘ the day for Phulbari Resistance’. Despite the heavy, grey and wet weather in London, protesters of the Phulbari Coal Project and transnational activists of climate justice and environment in …

From the Foil Vedenta website at:  http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/from-phulbari-to-niyamgiri/ From Phulbari to Niyamgiri! Activists from Foil Vedanta joined the Bangladeshi community and other organisations today at the AGM of GCM Resources – the UK based mining company who want to displace 220,000 people for a giant open cast coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh. As 40 protesters shouted slogans outside the Institute of …