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NGT declares Forest Clearance for Mahan Coal Ltd Invalid
“…It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot…
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Dirty Coal is shown the back door
For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind.- Dr. Archie Carr The Supreme Court’s landmark decision to scrap 214 coal block…
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Dirty Coal is shown the red card today Forest dwellers in Mahan celebrate as SC cancels the coal block; Activists urge govt to spare forest areas from mining while auctioning new blocks
New Delhi, September 24, 2014: Greenpeace India today celebrated the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the coal scam and called the verdict a victory for the environment and the people…
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Supreme Court Deems Mahan Coal Block Allocation Illegal
The Supreme Court deemed in an order on August 25 that all coal block allocations since 1993 are ‘illegal’ on grounds of arbitrariness, legal flaws lack of transparency, fairness and…
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Greenpeace urges fair and transparent vote on protection of India’s Mahan forest
Amsterdam, 18 August 2014: Greenpeace International today joined Greenpeace India’s call for Indian authorities to protect democracy and ensure a fair and transparent village council vote in the Mahan forest,…
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Pledge To Save Mahan on Raksha Bandhan
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it…
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Book people behind Fake Letters in Greenpeace’s name, demand MSS and Greenpeace
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, August 6, 2014: Greenpeace India and Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS) today filed a police complaint against the fake letters that are being circulated among residents of Amelia…
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Crackdown on Forest Rights Activists Escalates
Do the constant bids to silence and threaten the people’s movement in Mahan ever stop? The police in Singrauli stooped to a new low. Barely two months after four forest…
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Police Seize Communication Equipment in Mahan: Mahan Gram Sabha to be Held ‘Behind a Curtain’
The latest in police excesses in Amelia village, Singrauli district- Madhya Pradesh took place today when a Greenpeace mobile phone signal booster was confiscated by local police today, along with…
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The People of Mahan Have Prevailed
The oft-repeated quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win,” is extraordinarily apt for the heartening news for…