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Prithviraj Chavan invited to visit Fukushima
Mumbai, January 24th, 2014: Ahead of India’s discussion with Japan on nuclear cooperation, Greenpeace Japan and Greenpeace India have jointly invited Prithviraj Chavan, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, to visit…
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Wake up call for Singrauli administrators
File FIR on the forged Gram Sabha resolution; free Bechanlal & stop framing activists in false cases, demand civil society members in unison Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, May 19, 2014: The…
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The World is Mahan: Global support pours in as Van Satyagraha in Mahan intensifies
Volunteers defy national borders in a show of support to save Mahan forests in Singrauli; 133 cities join hands to save Mahan May 18, 2014 In an unprecedented show of…
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Three Out of Four Van Satyagrahis Granted Bail
May 9, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: Greenpeace and MSS will approach the High Court for the release of the fourth satyagrahi as peaceful protest is not a crime. After being…
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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…