Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest

September 1, 2026 · 3:00 pm 2 sources

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• Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest
  The Guardian · September 2, 2026 10:00
  Bangladeshi complainants allege Rampal power station’s pollution and climate risks threaten the Sunderbans, a world heritage site Barclays Bank is facing a formal complaint over its financial links to a coal-fired power station near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and home to…

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• Ecological collapse in the world's largest mangrove forest is a preview of what's to come
  Phys.org · September 1, 2026 15:00
  The first thing that struck us wasn't the missing trees, but the missing water. In May 2026, we visited the Sundarbans, a mangrove forest in the delta where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet in the Bay of Bengal.