The state government of Odisha (Orissa) in India has initiated the process of withdrawal of notifications for acquisition of 438 acres of private land in seven villages in the project site near Paradip.
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Odisha to withdraw notification from acquisition of 438 acres of private land in Posco site
Last updated: Apr 25, 2012
India’s Green Tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Posco
Last updated: Apr 5, 2012
India’s recently-formed Green Tribunal has shown some teeth. It’s ordered the suspension of the environmental clearance, granted just over a year ago, to the country’s biggest proposed industrial project, declaring the earlier process to have …
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Indian villagers march against POSCO oppression
Last updated: Jan 13, 2012
Kalinganagar massacre anniversary also commemorated
As 2012 opened, 2000 villagers in the POSCO concession area of Orissa protested against further repression against leaders of the local movement and pledged to halt the project. Elsewhere in …
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India: Vicious attack against POSCO opponents triggers urgent demands
Last updated: Dec 28, 2011
On 14 December a private force of 500 men descended on a non-violent demonstration against the POSCO project in India’s state of Orissa. Several protestors were injured and one man (apparently from the “goon squad”) …
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India: POSCO opponents suffer vicious armed attack
Last updated: Dec 22, 2011
Recently, Indian villagers began resisting construction of a coastal road for the massive POSCO project, anticipating that pro-company “goons” might soon try breaking down their nonviolent resistance. On 14 December, the villagers’ worst fears seem …
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Coal study names top 20 ‘climate killer’ banks
Last updated: Dec 3, 2011
Barclays, the Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC are among the top banks that have lent billions of euros to the coal sector – despite their much-vaunted environmental credentials, a new investigation has found.
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India: Is POSCO’s road to destruction about to be built?
Last updated: Nov 10, 2011
The “Indian summer” which saw a lull in attempts by Orissa’s government to advance the notorious POSCO project, may be just about to end. There are now fears that company “security”, backed by police, will …
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Posco: Indian Green ministry ignored own objections
Last updated: Aug 24, 2011
If there were any lingering doubts that India’s Ministry of forests and environment (MoEF) succumbed to government pressure in permitting the potentially disastrous POSCO project, it has surely now been laid to rest.
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Peoples’ struggles against POSCO broaden in India – and beyond
Last updated: Jul 22, 2011
One of the Congress party’s oldest, and best-respected, member is now the new Cabinet Minister of Tribal and Panchayati Raj Affairs in India’s central (union) government. Last week, Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo reportedly “vetoed” …
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India’s National Advisory Council wants radical advances on implementing community rights
Last updated: Jun 2, 2011
India’s National Advisory Council (NAC) has made a set of recommendations over implementation of the Forest Rights Act (2006) and a new government Land Acquisition Act. Its report cuts to the heart of the implementation …
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India: POSCO’s potential corruption must be investigated
Last updated: May 25, 2011
Leading social activists call for suspension of massive project
On Wednesday 18 May a statement was released, signed by some of India’s leading social activists, calling for an urgent criminal investigation into violations by a …
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Outrage at Indian go-ahead for POSCO “loot”
Last updated: May 12, 2011
Last week, India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) gave the final go-ahead to the POSCO steel project in Orissa.
In an excoriating indictment of the decision, leading Indian environmental campaigner, Leo Saldanha, has laid …
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