Some of the major threats currently facing the Sundarbans are the Rampal coal-fired power plant, the Orion coal plant, regular forest fires that ravage precious ecosystems, and effects of climate change. Rampal coal-fired power plant There have been many studies that have been carried out about the Rampal coal plant — analysing its viability from different angles.
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| Analysis of the Proposed Rampal 1.32GW Coal-Fired Power Plant, on the Passur River, Ganges Tidal Floodplain, Bangladesh, in the Context of Global Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Storms and other | August 29, 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| Statement Regarding Coal Dust from the Maitree/Rampal Power Plant for the National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans by Professor Deb Niemeier, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, University of California at Davis Department of Civil and Environment Engineering | August 23, 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| Declaration of Charles H. Norris regarding coal ash disposal from the proposed Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd. coal-powered plant to be located in Rampal, Bangladesh by Charles H. Norris, International renowned Geologist | August 12, 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| Statement on coal, coal ash, and charcoal filtration of water by Dr. Ashok Gadgil,Distinguished Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation Civil and Environmental Engineering Department University of California, Berkeley | August 9, 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| Analysis of the Air Emissions Technologies of Rampal Power Plant | August, 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| IEEFA financial analysis | June 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| Backtrack equator principles analysis | June 2015 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| TIB report | April 16, 2015 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| Petition to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee | February 1, 2016 | View/Download | No Presentation Available |
| NCSS Experts Summary of Rampal Impacts | View/Download | No Presentation Available |