Colombia: Report alleges Cerrejón coal mine causes diseases, pollution, and poverty - responses by Cerrejón Coal, CMC, DONG Energy, Vattenfall
In May 2010 DanWatch issued a report on the alleged negative social & environmental impacts of the Cerrejon coal mine in northern Colombia, which supplies coal to DONG Energy and Vattenfall:
- The Curse of Coal [PDF], DanWatch, May 2010 (published Jan 2010 in Danish)
- Video report: The Curse of Coal, DanWatch, 9 Jun 2010
(el video incluye subtítulos en español)
- DONG Energy provided a response to the Danish Ministry of Finance
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the other companies mentioned in the report to respond. Here are the responses we received:
- Cerrejon Coal & CMC response, 6 Jul 2010
- Respuesta de Carbones del Cerrejón y CMC, 6 julio 2010 (en español)
- Vattenfall response, 6 Jul 2010
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On 22 July, we received a "rectification" letter from Armando Pérez Araújo, community lawyer in the Tabaco case. You can read the letter here. [The translation into English was made by Cerrejón]
El 22 de julio, recibimos una carta de "rectificación” por parte de Armando Pérez Araújo, abogado de la comunidad en el caso Tabaco. Puede leer la carta acá.