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MSS prevents Essar officials from demarcating trees in Mahan’s forest
Violating the rights of the people of Mahan, Essar’s officials have been marking trees to demarcate forest areas about to get the axe. On May 5, the officials came up…
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Van Satyagraha: Community members confront Essar officials
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…
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‘Pledge to Save Mahan on Earth Day’ Young urban volunteers come together in a show of support to save Mahan forests in Singrauli
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…
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Decisions on water supply in the state seem to depend on personal and political gains, not rightful allocations
Mumbai, 19th April 2014: Allegations have been raised by opposition parties that the Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar “threatened” farmers in Baramati tehsil before the second phase of Lok Sabha…
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Toxic Waste Spill at Essar’s Power Plant in Singrauli
April 15, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: In yet another stark example of massive negligence, the mud-wall that lined the fly ash dyke of Essar Energy’s Mahan-I (600 MW) thermal power…
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World’s biggest coal company Shenhua to stop exploiting groundwater in China
Beijing, April 9, 2014: The Shenhua Group, the world’s biggest coal producer by volume, is to stop extracting groundwater for their flagship coal-to-liquid project in Inner Mongolia’s Ordos – an…
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Is the Govt approval to KNPP 3&4 based on lies?
As GIC denies providing insurance to Kudankulam reactors New Delhi, April 8, 2014: According to an RTI response from General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC), Kudankulam reactors will not be…
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Public pressure tells as Procter & Gamble finally agrees to clean up its palm oil act
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…
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India faces food shortages and development setbacks due to Climate Change: New UN report
New Delhi | March 31, 2014 | As the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report – released today in Japan – set off warning bells across the world,…
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An open letter to the Election Commission Add a comment
On the 25th of March, Greenpeace India sent a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner of India citing a violation of the model code of conduct by the UPA government.…