Jesting on the Environment: Australian Mining Gets a Present
Mining magnates seem to have it all. Far more significant than royalty, such figures are the unelected captains of industry who know that governments will do whatever they can to…
Coal Mining
The commercial extraction of coal is not beneficial to Odisha and local communities
The ongoing auction of 16 non-coking coal blocks declared by the Union Coal ministry, may not be beneficial to Odisha because the periodic royalty revisions have not been done and…
Ministry of Power should not force PSPCL to import coal
Ministry of Power should not force PSPCL to import coal in preference to PSPCL obtaining coal from its captive Pacchwara mine in Jharkhand ToShri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Government of…
Coal block auctions- Prior consent of the local tribal Gram Sabhas mandatory under PESA and FRA
To Shri A L Meena Union Coal Secretary Dear Shri Meena, I refer to the notification issued by your Ministry on June 14, 2023, proposing the auction of 98 coal…
Allotment of Gondalpura Coal Block to the Adani Group violates Forest Rights Act
To Shri A L Meena Union Coal Secretary Shri A K Jha Union Secretary for Tribal affairs Dear S/Shri Meena and Jha, I understand that the Ministry of Coal has…
Stop coal mining in the Hasdeo forests
NAPM extends its full solidarity and support to the crucial 10-day long foot march undertaken by hundreds of adivasis from the Hasdeo region of Chhattisgarh to protect their forests…
E A S Sarma questions the rationale of coal block allocations
E A S Sarma, Former Secretary to Govt of India has raised serious concerns about the coal block auctions. He raised strong reservations about allocating coal blocks to Adani Power. In…
Let the Vandalism Begin: Adani Strikes Coal
He began on RN Breakfast by claiming that he, and his company, would be open and transparent about mining operations. But Lucas Dow, chief executive of Adani’s Australian operations, soon…
Coal Pollution Puts The Lives Of Villagers Into Misery And Land Them In Jail For Protesting It
On 19th March I along with Ananta , social activist, Advocate Pradosh Mohanty and Adv. Gaiendra Pradhan visited the villages like Kandadhuda, Beleimunda and Ratanpur in Hemagiri Block of Sundargarh…
Environmental Disaster and Health Crisis in Cerrejon
At Cerrejon (Colombia), the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America owned equally by BHP (Australia), Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom) and Glencore (Switzerland), the situation of the indigenous people…
Post-Facto ‘Clearance’ of 16 years of Illegal Coal Mining in Dehing Patkai and Fresh Approval for Mining by NBWL is an Environmental Travesty!
12th July, 2020: National Alliance of People’s Movements expresses deep concern over the series of destructive and extractive projects being taken up in the bio-diverse rich regions of the North-Eastern…
Letter To Prime Minister On Coal Auction
Respected Sri Narendra Modi ji, We understand that the Union Ministry of Coal is going ahead with the auction of 41 coal blocks in MP, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Maharashtra…
Mahasabha calls for mass protests against the central government’s decision to allow commercial coal mining
The central government today initiated the auction of 41 coal blocks, including 20 of Jharkhand, for commercial mining. It again exposes the crony capitalism of the government. Ironically, the move,…
Why Dehing-Patkai Protected Area of Northeast India is in Threat? – An overview
Dehing-Patkai protected area is located at upper Assam in Northeast India. This vast tropical rainforest is also known as Amazon of east in India. Last few weeks are seen statewide…
Privatisation of coal and mineral mining and corporatization of farming
The Central Government through its Finance Minister announced on 16th of May what it calls major structural changes which they claim will catapult India on the world stage and thanked…
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