Mining, Materials, Groundwater, Linguistic Diversity
English, French, Hindi, Marathi
Payal Sampat worked at the Worldwatch Institute from June 1997 to September 2002
and is now affiliated with the Institute as a research fellow. She is currently
the international campaign director at the Mineral Policy Center in Washington,
DC.
“Scrapping Mining Dependence,” in State of the
World 2003, W.W. Norton, 2003
“Last Words,” in World Watch, Vol. 14, No. 3, May/June 2001
Payal has testified before U.S. Congress (Subcommittee on Health and the Environment)
on improving access to safe drinking water around the world, has addressed the
Brazilian Environment Ministry in Brasilia on groundwater pollution, participated
Payal has appeared on the BBC World Service, National Public Radio, Voice of America, All India Radio, and NHK Television, and her work has been cited in over 1000 newspapers and wire services worldwi