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Don't undermine Bangladesh
Global Coal Management (GCM), a UK company, is planning an open-cast mining project near Phulbari in north-west Bangladesh. You can also write to John Varley at Barclays Bank and demand that Barclays removes all association with the Phulbari mine project.
Stop Kingsnorth power station
Send a message to John Hutton and ask for a public inquiry into the proposed coal power station at Kingsnorth. Of all fuels, coal is the most polluting - even worse than burning oil or gas.
Go on Gordon- get tough on climate change
Send a message to Gordon Brown and tell him to include proper targets and aviation in the climate bill.
Write to your MP to demand a strong Climate bill
Email or write to your MP to demand a strong climate bill.
Email Douglas Alexander
Send a message to the Secretary of State for International Development and ask him to take action on trade justice.
Write a message of solidarity to the people of Tanzania, as the case brought against the Tanzanian government by Biwater is dragged through the courts.
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Past Actions
Read about past WDM campaigning success stories.
Urgent action on climate change and aviation taxes
Please send an email to the Treasury Minister, Angela Eagle MP before 24th April, asking her to make the new aviation tax a genuine environmental tax.
Stop water wars
We asked people to add their face to our online petition to get the government to support the UN convention on watercourses,
and help to make sure that the world’s water resources remain a source of life and not death.
View the finished petition.
Tell the EU to go public on water
Supporters wrote to the Development Commissioner to demand that he support public-public partnerships. Read his response.
Stop Europe's unfair trade deals
Supporters signed the petition urging Gordon Brown to take urgent action to make Europe’s trade deals with poor countries fair.
Challenge the Climate bill, WDM activists responded to the government consultation to help make sure that the UK does its fair share to tackle climate change.
Severn Trent International
Supporters emailed Severn Trent to urge the company to withdraw from a Nepal water privatisation contract.
Campaign success: on 24 May Severn Trent withdrew from the privatisation bid.
Read more and see the press release: Severn Trent pull out of Nepal water privatisation bid
Support Public water
Supporters wrote to Hilary Benn Secretary of State for International Development and asked him to give real political and financial support to the global water crisis.
Campaign success: On the eve of World Water day, Hilary Benn anounced government support for public water.
Read more
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
Supporters wrote to PwC to demand that they withdraw from a consultancy contract unless the UK government drops the water component.
Water for all: Early Day Motion 2073
211 MPs signed our EDM calling for public solutions to the global water crisis.
Company Law Reform Bill.
Since the first draft of the Bill was published at the end of 2005, over 100,000 UK voters have contacted their MPs calling for the Bill to be amended to make UK companies more accountable for the impacts of their operations around the world.
Campaign success: Under pressure from WDM, UK water company, Biwater Plc, has withdrawn from the bidding process for a controversial water privatisation in Ghana. Read more
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