Friday, August 17, 2012

Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze

Ecologist: After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight At three o'clock in the afternoon, the protesters finally got a break. The police had completely run out of pepper spray, having already thrown everything they had at the townspeople since the standoff first began at 8:30 that morning. Tears lined the faces of those who had been...

URL: http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1542650/coal_and_corruption_the_battle_for_gerze.html

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