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No tree felling in Mahan till October

Feature story | May 27, 2014 at 16:49

"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." - J.R.R. Tolkien

Wilmar finally commits to No Deforestation

Feature story | December 10, 2013 at 17:38

Let us recap what happened in the last week. The world mourned the sad demise of Nelson Mandela, probably the biggest proponent of peace and human rights of our era. Much awaited results of the 2013 assembly elections were declared. And in...

Greenpeace demands cancellation of Mahan coal block

Feature story | January 14, 2014 at 13:59

Greenpeace India demands cancellation of the Mahan coal block and is asking for a thorough enquiry into the matter, bringing Essar Power and the Madhya Pradesh state government under the scanner. This has come after the CBI put a question mark on...

Moily stoops to favour Essar-Hindalco, grants Mahan forest clearance

Press release | February 13, 2014 at 11:43

12th February, New Delhi: Essar Energy has announced that it has received Stage II clearance for its Mahan coal block in Singrauli, even before any announcement was made by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Reacting to the news, Priya...

Greenpeace Activists Embarrass Moily and Essar

Press release | February 14, 2014 at 15:15

14th February, New Delhi: Today, on Valentine's Day, as the environment minister Veerappa Moily hobnobbed with head honchos of leading companies including Essar Oil and Essar Foundation, Greenpeace India staged a peaceful protest at the National...

Greenpeace: Coalgate chargesheet against Essar owned Navbharat Power is the tip of an...

Press release | March 10, 2014 at 20:23

10th March, New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed the first chargesheet in connection with multi-crore coal block allocation scam. The chargesheet has been filed against Navabharat Power Private Limited and its two...

Van Satyagraha: Community members confront Essar officials

Press release | May 6, 2014 at 18:56

Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, May 6, 2014: Eighty local community members successfully stopped work on an Essar-led coal mine in Mahan forest, Madhya Pradesh yesterday. The villagers oppose the mine, which would destroy the forest on which they...

‘Pledge to Save Mahan on Earth Day’

Press release | April 23, 2014 at 11:42

April 22, 2014, New Delhi: On the occasion of Earth Day, several young volunteers came together in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in a show of support to save Mahan forests in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. They were part of urban solidarity events...

New Essar Gag Case – an attempt to stifle voices of opposition

Press release | April 4, 2014 at 18:32

April 4, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: Greenpeace India today, rubbished Essar's ridiculous allegations of inciting villagers in the Mahan region against them. In yet another attempt to browbeat and threaten the growing voices against Essar's...

Public pressure tells as Procter & Gamble finally agrees to clean up its palm oil act

Press release | April 9, 2014 at 18:30

Amsterdam, 8 April 2014: Procter and Gamble (P&G;) has committed to a new No Deforestation policy that will remove forest destruction from its products and provide full traceability for all the palm oil and derivatives it uses. After weeks of...

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