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Van Satyagrahis arrested, beaten in Mahan, MP
Van Satyagraha intensifies as over 150 villagers join protest against Essar mine, following the midnight arrest of two MSS members and two Greenpeace activists May 8, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: Over…
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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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Greenpeace demands urgent assessment of water diversion to thermal power plants
April 28, 2014: Last week, amid the prediction of a weak monsoon in Maharashtra in 2014, the Water Resources Department released its weekly report on the current water availability in…
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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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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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New Essar Gag Case – an attempt to stifle voices of opposition-Greenpeace India rubbishes Essar’s allegations; insists on rights of forest communities
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…
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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,…