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India Headed for Coal Power Overcapacity

India has been increasing its coal power capacity from 5.6 GW per year in 2007-08 to 19.5 GW in 2014-15 with a compounded annual growth rate of 11 percent, according to …

forest - Greenpeace India

A discussion paper by Kalpavriksh and Greenpeace India on Community Forest Rights and Coal Mining Regions of India. Singrauli: The Coal Curse September 2011. A fact finding report on the impact of coal mining on the people …

A Coal Struggle in the Heart of India | HuffPost Impact

The coal mined from Mahan forest will be used to fire two thermal power plants. The Mahan coal block was granted in-principal (Stage-I) approval by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on October 30, 2012, after substantial pressure from a Group of Ministers (GoM) on coal mining, which reversed a prior rejection of the project.

Arrest of Forest Rights Activists Symbolic of What's Wrong ...

Greenpeace India will continue to stand together with the people of Mahan forest, home to more than 50,000 forest dwellers who earn sustainable income by collecting and selling seasonal forest produce. These people are at risk of losing their livelihoods to Essar's coal mine.

In India, climate change takes a back seat to coal …

Activists say a fight against coal in India is a fight to save its forests. To convert its anti-coal movement into a forests campaign, Greenpeace used the Forest Rights Act, a …

UN climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal ...

UN climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal. GLASGOW: UN climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming ...

Indian environment minister dismisses claims of charity ...

By C.K. Nayak NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's environment minister has dismissed claims of a crackdown on green charities, saying that the government valued the role of civil society groups working to protect the country's people, wildlife and forests. Last month, more than 170 charities wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

SUPPRESSING DISSENT - Why Greenpeace is first on the ...

Source: World Resources Institute. As Greenpeace India struggles to stay afloat, the real reason why the government wants to shut down the global environmental NGO hasn't got much attention: Coal, the single biggest source of primary energy in India, is at the heart of the Narendra Modi government's ambitious plans to ramp up industrial production in the country.

India vows ambitious green targets but defends coal use

However, environmental campaigners criticised the failure to curb coal use, saying it would hurt green efforts and worsen problems such as air pollution, water scarcity and forest destruction. "India's continued commitment to expand coal power capacity is baffling," said Pujarini Sen, a senior Greenpeace India campaigner.

Coal mining banned in India's Mahan forest

Greenpeace India's senior coal campaigner Priya Pillai said: "After being termed 'anti-national' by sections of this government, it is refreshing to see them accepting what Greenpeace and Mahan Sangharsh Samiti have been saying for years – this is a fabulous forest, home to endangered species and crucial to the livelihoods of ...

Seesaw Battle: Water vs. Coal

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. Greenpeace was established in 1971 and now it has offices in over 27 nations and regions all over the globe with over 5 million supporters. About the coal & water campaign:

Toxic Air: Pollution From Fossil Fuels Costs 5.4% Of India ...

According to the report, India is estimated to bear 10.7 lakh crore (US$150 billion), or 5.4% of India's GDP annually, the third highest costs from fossil fuel air pollution worldwide. The ...

Natural Gas & Methane - Greenpeace USA

Natural gas emits less carbon dioxide than coal and other fossil fuels. This has led to widespread support for replacing other fossil fuels with methane, the main component of natural gas. There's only one catch—methane is actually a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

Tigers vs. coal in India: when big energy meets vanishing cats

Tigers vs. coal in India: when big energy meets vanishing cats. Surface coal mining in Bihar, India. Around 70-80 percent of India's power is currently provided by coal. Burning coal fuels ...

Coal - Greenpeace USA

Coal was once king in the United States, accounting for more than 40 percent of our electricity as recently as 2014. The good news is people around the world are moving away from dirty, polluting coal in favor of clean, renewable, affordable energy. Right now, we have the chance to quit coal for good and keep remaining U.S. coal reserves in the ground.

Why India's government is targeting Greenpeace - BBC News

The charity's campaigns have stopped coal mining in some of India's forest areas. The NGO will also have earned the government's ire by its relentless attack on two of India's corporate behemoths ...

Economic growth at the cost of environment: A case of ...

India is one of the world's largest producers of coal. Mining is a significant economic activity in the country adding to its GDP growth. India is largely dependant on coal for the generation of electricity. Although the present installed capacity of power generation in India stood at 210951 MW in December 2012, the demand is expected to rise ...

The Climate Crisis Issues & Threats - Greenpeace USA

Coal. Coal was once king in the United States, even accounting for more than 40 percent of our electricity. But coal, the most polluting of all fossil fuels, is bad news for our health and the environment. The good news is people around the world are moving away from dirty, polluting coal in favor of clean, renewable, affordable energy.

Emissions drop shows coal being ... - greenpeace.org.au

The data reveals that a decline in coal production and ongoing emission reductions in the electricity sector has contributed to a decrease of 2.1 per cent in the year to June. Glenn Walker, senior coal campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said that closing coal-burning power stations by 2030 is the fastest and most effective way for ...

Greenpeace vs. MHA: what's going on? - Quora

Answer: Let me try to make this one simple... It is one great 'drama'.. Actors are 1. Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, IB 2. Mrs. Priya Pillai, Greenpeace 3. Essar Energy (UK based Company) & Hindalco 4. Hon'ble High Court of Delhi 5. British Parliamentarians 6. Local population of Mahan...

Coal mining is destroying our forests: Greenpeace - India ...

A new Greenpeace India campaign is gearing up to take on the Indian coal industry, coal ministry and even the Prime Minister. The environmental action group is determined to create awareness about how coal mining in Central India destroys forests, forest dependent communities, endangered tigers and other wildlife.

MOVE BEYOND COAL - Sierra Club

forest area held a rally, Van Adhikar Sammelan, to tell Essar Power they won't allow coal mining in their forests, just as the inhabitants of Niyamgiri have stopped Vedanta from taking over their forests for mining. PHoTo: Jagori Dhar, Greenpeace India

Indigenous leaders from India denounce Modi over coal ...

The lands and livelihoods of tens of thousands of tribal people will be destroyed under Modi's plan to open 55 new coal mines, expand 193 existing ones, and produce 1 billion tonnes of coal a year. Eighty per cent of the new mines will be on Adivasi land. Vast areas of tribal forests are being sold off without the people's consent.

Demand for coal continues to grow in India - ICSC

The forest is spread across 1,600 hectares and is home to over 50,000 indigenous people and several endangered wildlife species. Greenpeace India expects the destruction of up to a million trees in the forest as coal is extracted from Amelia.

Coal | Greenpeace UK

Forests and other landscapes are destroyed, and mining waste pollutes rivers and fields. It might be cheap, but the real cost of coal is too high. The age of coal is coming to an end. Millions of people around the world have been working to bring about the end of coal, and Greenpeace supporters have been a vital part of that.

AALI - Association For Advocacy and Legal Initiatives

These protests have marred India's energy security interest. (v) The main objective of the foreign and Indian activists associated with Greenpeace International and Greenpeace India, is to step up agitations in coal producing regions, such as Mahan, in Singrauli district, in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

The Difference We Make - Greenpeace India

A report, first of its own kind,from Greenpeace Southeast Asia estimated the global cost of air pollution from fossil fuels to be around US$2.9 trillion, or 3.3% of the world's GDP annually. According to the report, India was estimated to bear 10.7 lakh crore (US$150 billion), or 5.4% of India's GDP annually, the third highest costs from ...

[efloraofindia:63971] Pranab Mukherjee

The coal versus forest tussle has intensified. A decision will be taken soon by the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Pranab Mukherjee. Their first meeting is on Thursday, the 17th. [1] Last year environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh marked certain dense forests as No Go zones for coal mining. [2]

Clean Energy - Greenpeace India

Mahan coal block not to be auctioned: Coal Ministry-India ...

New Delhi: Coal Ministry has confirmed in an RTI reply that the Mahan coal block in Madhya Pradesh will not be auctioned, pursuant to the Environment Ministry's recommendation that it be kept off limits from mining, Greenpeace India on Friday claimed. The move, it said in a statment, comes as another "blow" to Essar Energy, which had hoped to mine the forest to …

India - Forests and Tigers vs Coal Mines. - TPQ

India - Forests and Tigers vs Coal Mines. By AM Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Share Tweet Share Share Email. Guest writer Steven Katsineris with an environmentalist piece written in August 2014 that focuses on India.'s threatened tiger population.

Wildlife Day: Why 'us' – not 'versus' – is the key to ...

A Greenpeace study in 2012 showed that more than a million hectares of forest is under threat from coal mining, only within 13 coal fields …