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Atom Solar Sun-trolley is here!
What happens when a design for a solar water pump is actually implemented? The innovation challenge ran from September to November, 2013, with three winners from across the world -…
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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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A Resurgence of Satyagraha
Non-Violent Resistance Against Essar’s Coal Mining in Mahan Forest On Thursday, thousands of villagers from 12-14 villages in the Mahan region of Singrauli, came together for a mass public rally…
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Greenpeace demands cancellation of Mahan coal block
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…
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Free to go!
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers…
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Crisis to Solution – paving way to Solar pumping
12 December 2013 Innovation Challenge 2013 The Innovation Challenge was launched on 3rd September, and ended on 15th November. The challenge was different – it invited submissions from all…
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Wilmar finally commits to No Deforestation
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.…
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30 cities for Arctic 30
The Arctic 30 have been released on bail. But it’s not over – the piracy charges which were posed on them still remain. On 18th September 2013, 28 activists from…
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Their Voice Just Got Louder
Each and every one of us has this innate need to be heard. And as a result, get a response. Aren’t these the only two things that make our human…
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Sudarshan Pattnaik’s Sand Art Creates a Wave to Free the Arctic 30
Someone once said, ‘Art imitates life’ and rightly so. Most of us know of Sudarshan Pattnaik’s sand art, which is really his unique way of communicating some very important issues…