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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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Marking 3 years of TEPCO’s Fukushima disaster, leading anti-nuclear activists and Greenpeace demand stringent safety & unlimited n-liability, as they bring back the stories from the region
New Delhi, 10th March 2014: Leading antinuclear activists and Greenpeace raised their pitch against the government’s move to bypass supplier liability provisions in their full spirit, in current negotiations with…
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Activists slam Veerappa Moily for putting corporate profits before nation’s interests
New Delhi, March 4th, 2014: Activists from Greenpeace India along with members of Coalition for a GM Free India today registered a strong protest against the way the Union Minister…
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Mahan Villagers begin their Peaceful Van Stayagraha. Villagers in Mahan move their fight into the forests; Van Satyagraha to continue till Essar Quits Mahan
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh| February 27, 2014| Thousands of villagers including a large number of women and children from 12-14 villages in the Mahan region of Singrauli came together for a…
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Procter & Gamble brings rainforest destruction into bathrooms, says Greenpeace
New Delhi/Jakarta, 26 February 2014 – Procter & Gamble, which makes Head & Shoulders, is sourcing palm oil from companies connected to orangutan habitat clearance in Indonesia, making consumers part…
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Greenpeace Activists Embarrass Moily and Essar
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…
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Moily stoops to favour Essar-Hindalco, grants Mahan forest clearance
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…
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Greenpeace: Why does Essar want to protect Veerappa Moily? Bombay High Court rejects the company’s plea forbidding Greenpeace from demanding MoEF’s resignation
7th February, Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today rejected Essar Group’s plea to prevent Greenpeace from asking for the sacking of the Minister for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Veerappa Moily.…
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Roll-back tariff hikes and fulfill poll promise on solar energy, Greenpeace tells Kejriwal. Rooftop Solar can save Delhi from electricity tariff hikes
February 4, New Delhi: With the Delhi government facing existential threat over the power crisis in the state, Greenpeace India on Monday wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind…
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L’Oreal commits to end role in deforestation – Greenpeace
Jakarta, 30th January 2014: L’Oreal, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company, has committed to remove forest destruction from its products by 2020. Greenpeace expects other companies to follow with…
