The Gond tribe of Hasdeo Arand, the largest and oldest stretch of forest land in central India, is on the verge of losing its home in the face of coal mining.
… of June, women and children venture into the forests to get their hands on this local … cutter machines, cutting down his tribes own forests: “I used to feel horrible, the …
Villages in Hasdeo Aranya of Chhattisgarh, India, oppose illegal land acquisition and the allotment of coal blocks without consent.
… Hasdeo Aranya protests to save the forests Let India Breathe | 25th October 2019 … Minister for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Shri Jairam Ramesh granted …
The Drax power station in Yorkshire is the UK's biggest CO2 emitter, burns more wood each year than the entire UK timber harvest, and is a major importer of coal from strife-stricken regions of Colombia, writes Frances Howe. This Thursday campaigners will target the company's AGM to highlight its impacts on forests, biodiversity, climate and communities, in the face of Drax's PR offensive to make biomass appear 'sustainable'.
… Howe | 10th April 2017 Activism Energy Forests Biomass Coal UK Colombia Protest … the company's AGM to highlight its impacts on forests, biodiversity, climate and … way of looking at a forest. The clear-cut forests of America Just over half of the wood …
Biofuelwatch warn of an unfolding 'biomassacre' as the UK is set to rely on a growing amount of wood-based biomass, driving landgrabbing, replacing old growth forests with plantations, destroying biodiversity and causing air pollution
… Energy Biofuels Black Carbon Air Pollutiion Forests Biomass Coal foreststrees.jpg Biofuelwatch warn of an … driving landgrabbing, replacing old growth forests with plantations, destroying …
The Drax power station in North Yorkshire is among Britain's greatest greenhouse gas emitters, writes Almuth Ernsting. Not only is it burning some 6 million tonnes of coal every year, it is also burning its way through forests in the USA and other countries as it converts to biomass-fired units, rewarded by £1.3 million a day in subsidies. Join the #AxeDrax protest this weekend!
… Emissions Energy Biofuels Fossil Fuels Coal Forests USA UK drax-cut.jpg The Drax power … year, it is also burning its way through forests in the USA and other countries as it … total annual production. Biodiverse wetland forests reduced to pellets Virtually all of …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
Exim Bank of India - stop support for the Rampal Coal Power plant! Johan Frijns Banktrack | 26th May 2016 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Bangladesh India Natural World Water Oceans …
Exclusive film looks at allegations that a coal power project in central India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods It is meant to be … reports SPECIAL CONTENT EFU Film: Dwindling forests, dwindling futures – how forest …
Hundreds of millions of pounds meant to be spent on green energy will soon be lavished on Britain's biggest coal fired power station to reward it for burning 7 million tonnes of wood pellets a year - meant to be 'renewable' but actually driving biodiversity loss and even worse for climate change than coal. DECC must stop this madness!
… Coal Biofuels Renewables Fossil Fuels Forests UK USA Brazil … . Drax biomass demand ravaging biodiverse forests With three converted units, Drax would … biomass sourced from biodiverse hardwood forests in the southern US . In its recent …
The development of coal mines in East Kalimantan is having a huge impact on local and indigenous populations, destroying the forest and displacing communities. London banks and City financiers take the profit.
… by more than 1,000 mines and concessions. The forests have gone, opencast mines circle the … are fighting to protect their ancestral forests from a mining company. The …
An Ecologist investigation reveals how the largest coal power plant to be awarded UN carbon credit funds is displacing poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh
UN-backed coal power station linked to deforestation and land grabbing Luke Starr | 29th November 2011 News India Un Carbon Credits Climate Change Deforestation Coal Energy coal1.jpg Campaigners in …
Grassroots opposition is mounting in India as new coal projects displace communities and destroy ancient forests.
… displace communities and destroy ancient forests. India’s ambitious renewable energy … Forest, one of the oldest and largest sal forests in Asia. The forest is spread across … the world, it will destroy one of the oldest forests in the country, displace vulnerable …
As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the world, write Mowdud Rahman & Greig Aitken. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate vulnerable' large country, has plans for a 1.3GW coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands.
Coal plant threatens world's largest mangrove forest - and Bangladesh's future Mowdud Rahman Greig Aitken | 10th December 2015 News COP21 Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Coal Biodiversity …
Prime Minister Modi's government has frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace India, writes Praful Bidwai - provoking widespread protest from the environment and civil rights community. It's all part of a wider campaign against 'anti-national' movements that challenge India's development policies based on the aggressive exploitation of coal, minerals, big hydro and nuclear power.
… projects that are wreaking havoc on India's forests, rivers, wetlands and other fragile … regarding the rights of those who depend on forests, wetlands, coastal areas, and other … mining and other disruptive activities in forests; and undermining environmental impact …
Theresa May and her Conservative government has promised to phase out the burning of coal in the UK by 2025. This should be a cause of celebration for climate change campaigners. But the plans have three dangerous loopholes, which means activists must remain vigilant, argues ALMUTH ERNSTING
… signed a letter which warns: “Even if forests are allowed to regrow, using wood … the science. Cutting down trees and whole forests and burning the wood in power stations …
India's planned power expansion depends overwhelmingly on coal, with over a hundred huge new generation units planned by 2030. Sarah Stirk reports on the nightmare the dash for coal is bringing to once peaceful rural communities.
… but the region's coal lies underneath these forests, and they are being cleared at an …
Scandinanvia's biggest pension fund manager will cut all its investments in 'climate villains', writes Sophie Morlin-Yron - including 40 companies in the coal, tar sands and palm oil sectors.
… within sustainability, and preservation of forests, rain forests in particular, is essential to counter …
Governments and companies making no effort to quantify the real climate impacts
Emissions from tar sands seriously underestimated The Ecologist | 5th October 2009 News Tar Sands Climate Change Energy Coal Mining tarsands1.jpg Governments and companies making no effort to …
The mighty Asian Development Bank is celebrating its 50th birthday this week in Yokohama, Japan, writes Hemantha Withanage. But the victims of ADB's $3 billion coal funding have little to be glad of - whether local communities impacted by mines and power stations, or people everywhere suffering climate change. ADB must stop financing coal now!
… negative impacts on farming lands, rivers, forests and the climate. The bank claims to …
Lord Ridley, a card-carrying member of Britain's 1%, led the Northern Rock bank to collapse. Now he's causing another kind of catastrophe: the coal mined off his Northumberland estate is causing 1% of the UK's CO2 emissions. No wonder he's a climate sceptic!
… end famine, provide electric light and spare forests for nature. "Because we get coal out of the ground, we do not have to cut down forests; because we use petroleum we don't … end famine, provide electric light and spare forests for nature. …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… Ears is a giant expanse of red rock, juniper forests and high plateaus that is sacred to … to these beautiful mountains, streams, and forests, and improved staffing and safety on …
India's renewable power capacity is set to reach 170GW by 2022, write Areeba Hamid & Oliver Tickell - reducing power shortages and bringing electricity to off-grid of rural communities for the first time. But it may also have an unintended consequence - cutting off investment in India's troubled coal sector as prospects for future profitability evaporate..
… limits. Most of India's coal lies under its forests , and many of them the traditional …
India is unable to shake off its ties to coal despite its commitment to renewable energy, giving rise to enormous social and environmental costs.
… in regions of rich biodiversity and ancient forests inhabited by indigenous communities. … adverse impacts not only on its biodiverse forests and agricultural land but also the …
Germany's 2038 coal deadline Unearthed | 31st January 2019 News Germany Coal x So what has Germany’s coal commission decided? Martin Kaiser from Greenpeace was a member of a 24-person commission …
In Colombia, whole villages are suffering due to the mining of coal which is destined for Europe. However, the local villagers are now unionising and fighting for more rights. MARINA KELAVA reports.
Colombian villagers are unionising to fight against multinational mining firms Marina Kelava | 24th November 2017 News Coal Columbia Mining Labour Unions Activism Coal dust washed up on the beach …