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.
… Coal mining and community activism in India Gunjeet … January 2020 News Fossil Fuels Emissions Coal Mining Coal Activism Community Action India … verge of losing its home in the face of coal mining. As the bus screeches to a halt, the …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc. Andrew Wasley reports
… Andrew Wasley | 19th June 2009 News Vedanta Mining India Orissa Natural World Politics And … of a major showdown between activists and a mining corporation over allegations of … Sterlite Industries Ltd is poised to begin mining for bauxite - a raw form of aluminium - …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc
… Andrew Wasley | 19th June 2009 News Vedanta Mining India Orissa 44030.jpg Plans to … of a major showdown between activists and a mining corporation over allegations of … Sterlite Industries Ltd is poised to begin mining for bauxite - a raw form of aluminium - …
A vast bauxite mine in India that would destroy the 'sacred mountain' of the Dongria Kindh people has been quashed following a local referendum that decisively rejected the $8.1 billion project.
… Oliver Tickell | 13th January 2014 News India Mining Bauxite Indogenous Peoples … rejected the $8.1 billion project. The mining controversial project by the UK-listed mining company Vedanta Resources has been …
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing incidents of brutality and violence against activists, report Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining Ambika Hiranandani Tom Levitt | 14th … Activists India Deforestation Natural World Mining Vedanta Logging amitjethwa.jpg … murdered after campaigning against illegal mining in a national park The recent death of …
India’s Dongria Kondh tribe have rejected plans by mining giant Vedanta Resources for an open-pit bauxite mine in their sacred Niyamgiri Hills. Although the decision is not yet final, the case has been hailed as an unprecedented triumph for tribal rights ...
… Dongria Kondh tribe of India resist powerful mining company Joanna Eede | 20th November … 2013 Activism Indigenous Peoples Protest Mining India d7.jpg Where will us children go? … Dongria Kondh tribe have rejected plans by mining giant Vedanta Resources for an open-pit …
India's interminable quest for uranium rides roughshod over environmental and health concerns and democratic processes.
… against the proposed uranium exploration and mining deter the Government from staying the … petition to ‘Save Nallamala and Stop Uranium Mining’ has garnered over 22,000 signatures … Government to revoke its approval for uranium mining in the Amrabad Reserve – the Resolution …
Students, workers and civil rights activists gathered in their hundreds today in Delhi to protest at the mining company Vedanta, and the Indian government's support of highly destructive mining projects in forests and on indigenous peoples' lands.
… in Delhi The Ecologist | 31st July 2014 News Mining India Indigenous Peoples Forests … hundreds today in Delhi to protest at the mining company Vedanta, and the Indian … government's support of highly destructive mining projects in forests and on indigenous …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… booms Nick Meynen | 9th May 2017 News Mining Ecocide War India China Singapore Sri … scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more … the police to arrive, the men present at the mining site pulled her out and assaulted her . …
Indian coal firm Adani is struggling to finance its proposed mega coal mine in Australia's Galilee Basin, write Marina Lou & Christine Ottery, as promised government support evaporates and a major investor looks set to pull out.
Money dries up for Great Barrier Reef coal project Marina Lou Christine Ottery Greenpeace Energydesk | 16th March 2015 News Australia India China Coal Fossil Fuels Finance Oceans Climate Change …
What do you do when your faith, identity, independence and livelihood are all endangered by a mine that has the backing of a multi-billion pound company and even your own government? For the Dongria Kondh hill tribe of Orissa, India, there is only one answer: you stop them.
… of Dongrias’ current battle. The London based mining giant Vedanta Resources is angling to … and which will be devastated if Vedanta’s mining plans are carried out]. If you go to …
The battle between mining giant Vedanta and the threatened tribal Dongria Kondh of Orissa, eastern India continues.
… 2008 News Vedanta Protest Dongria Kondh Mining India Campaigns Human Rights Violations … The battle between mining giant Vedanta and the threatened tribal … Orissa, eastern India continues. London based mining corporation Vedanta told shareholders …
There are 48 mapped struggles against the fossil fuel industry in India And whilst families run from justice for trying to protect their lands, it's the coal mining companies and police chiefs that should be brought to justice writes NICK MEYNEN
… up Nick Meynen | 13th October 2016 News India Mining Coal Conflict Environmental Justice … trying to protect their lands, it's the coal mining companies and police chiefs that should … lots of protests, and with heavy security, mining started on May 17, 2016 . On August 14, …
India's neoliberal government is attempting the mass seizure of indigenous lands, commons and forests in order to hand them over for corporate exploitation with mines, dams and plantations, writes Pushpa Achanta. But tribal communities are rising up to resist the takeover, which is not only morally reprehensible but violates India's own laws and international human rights obligations.
… Peoples Forests Water Energy Law Human Rights Mining niyamgiri-women-cut.jpg India's … and carry out ecologically harmful mining. These legislative and policy decisions … Vedanta's illegitimate and harmful mining in the Niyamgiri. Vedanta's mining …
Villages in Hasdeo Aranya of Chhattisgarh, India, oppose illegal land acquisition and the allotment of coal blocks without consent.
… the entire region as a ‘no-go area’ for mining in the year 2009. State machinery In … clearance would be given to any other coal mining projects in this region. Even this … and strongly objected to any further mining activity in the proposed region. The …
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.
… activists who protest against industrial, mining and irrigation and power generation … projects, and in particular, on the mining and burning of coal - no matter how … itself put into question quite a few of the mining, power, and other projects currently …
It has no synthetic alternative and some scientists believe supplies may already be in a terminal decline. But there is still no international effort to tackle the massive agricultural problems that will come when the phosphorus runs out
… toxic and radioactive byproducts of phosphate mining and reducing what ecologists call … So how long have we got? Governments, mining companies and fertiliser companies all …
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or killed
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining The recent death of Indian …
Since defeating the government in 1984 over its compulsory warble fly erradication scheme, Mark Purdey has been travelling the world to find the real cause of BSE and vCJD. His conclusions are controversial, fascinating, and if proved right, will cost the government millions in compensation.
… problem developed in the late 1960s when a mining corporation started open-cast … whose work has been funded exclusively by the mining corporation. For my part, I think that … disease’s true cause, and thus bankrupt the mining company. Instead current health policy …
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
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining The recent death of Indian … Indian government report says British-owned mining company’s plans should be blocked, as …
In modern India any form of dissent from the neoliberal corporate model of development is being criminalised, writes Kumar Sundaram. Opponents of nuclear power, coal mines, GMOs, giant dams, are all under attack as enemies of the state and a threat to economic growth.
… stipulations for big industries, mining and mega-projects. The massive … everything that stands in their way: undermining and diluting safety norms, pushing … the event of any accident. Coal, hydropower, mining are security interests of the state The …
Six environment heroes, one from each continent, are honoured for their work today - fighting threats from giant coal mines to forest destruction, fracking, high dams, illegal development and toxic waste dumps. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
… dams, palm oil development, land grabs, coal mining, toxic waste dumps. The world's biggest …
Jaitapur's French-built nuclear plant is a disaster in waiting, jeopardising biodiversity and local livelihoods, says activist Praful Bidwai
… 'uranium poisonings' haunts Obama's looming mining decision Despite disturbing claims … US must now decide between full scale uranium mining, partial mining or a twenty year moratorium. Leana …
Argentinean academic and activist Raul Montenegro on why indigenous people hold the keys to survival, why GM technologies only profit big business and how nuclear power ignores the rights of future generations
… 'uranium poisonings' haunts Obama's looming mining decision Despite disturbing claims … US must now decide between full scale uranium mining, partial mining or a twenty year moratorium. Leana …