14 DAY TRIAL // The Sundarbans mangrove, which happens to be the world's largest of its kind, is threatened by plans to erect a ginormous 1,320-megawatt coal-fired plant in its proximity.
Despite strong opposition from the general public, high officials in Bangladesh seem determined to move forward with this project.
Inhabitat tells us that the Rampal power plant will sit at a distance of just 10 miles (about 16 kilometers) from the Sundarbans mangrove forest.
Specialists estimate that it will produce about 4.75 million metric tons of liquid waste on a yearly basis, so it really isn't all that difficult to understand why environmentalists would jump for joy should plans to build it get cancelled.
More so given the fact that the Sundarbans mangrove forest is home to the endangered Bengal tiger, acts as a carbon sink and also protects land against rising sea levels.
Still, it looks like high officials in Bangladesh could not care less about environmental issues, chiefly because natural gas is quite expensive and figuring out ways to provide people with cheap and reliable energy is their main concern.