Greenpeace Activists Embarrass Moily and Essar in Delhi

Greenpeace activists dress in tiger suits and display placards reading "Essar loves Moily, Axes Forests" in a peaceful protest at the National convention organised by UN Global Compact Network at Hotel ITC Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi attended by India’s Environment Minister Veerappa Moily. The organization is protesting two days after the MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forest) granted Stage II forest clearance to Mahan coal block.

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Shoot date: 14/02/2014

Locations: Asia, Delhi, India

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Sudhanshu Malhotra

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Greenpeace Activists Valentine Day in Delhi

On Valentine’s Day, as the environment minister Veerappa Moily chatted with heads of leading companies including Essar oil and Essar Foundation, Greenpeace India activists staged a peaceful protest at the National convention organised by UN Global Compact Network at Hotel ITC Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi. Dressed in tiger suits, the activists held placards that said ‘Essar loves Moily, Axes Forests’.
The protest comes two days after the MoEF granted Stage II forest clearance to Mahan coal block. Since his appointment late last year, the minister, who also holds the petroleum and natural gas portfolio has been blatantly granting clearances to big ticket projects with no regard to the impact they would have on the environment or on communities that stand to lose their livelihoods.

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