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Coal India Threatens Communities and Forests

2013-08-22 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Rainforest Action Network: This summer, the RAN energy team has been casting our eyes around the globe and researching the impact that coal mining is having on deforestation. One of the regions that we are most concerned about is in India, where more than 1.1million hectares of forest are threatened by the expansion of open-pit coal mining. Open-pit mining entails clear-felling of forests, with impacts on forest-dependent communities, as well as endangered species such as tigers, leopards and elephants. The vast majority...

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