Kerala Shipwreck – FOE India Demands Immediate Action

Friends of the Earth, India Demands Full Disclosure, Accountability, and Immediate Measures to Protect the marine ecosystems and livelihoods of Fisherpeople Following Shipwreck and Chemical Spill in Kerala Coast. Friends of the Earth, India expresses deep concern over the recent shipwreck (Liberian cargo ship MSC ELSA 3) and the reported spillage of oil and hazardous …

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Press Release 22nd January 2025

180 Civil Society Leaders & Concerned Citizens in a Joint Statement Raise Concern over the Disaster Management Amendment Bill. 22nd January, 2025 | New Delhi A joint statement signed by 180 civil society leaders and concerned citizens from 23 states has raised critical concerns over the recently proposed Disaster Management Amendment Bill. The bill not …

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Health Impacts Assessmentof Integrated Steel Plant, JSW UtkalSteel Limited, Odisha, India

On 27th January 2022, an online press conference was held by Delhi Solidarity Group and Friends of the Earth India, to present the study analysis on the Environmental Impact Assessment procedures for JSW Utkal Steel's proposed project site at Dhinkia Odisha. The study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air titled "Health …

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Ongoing Repercussions and Demands after Massive Fire in Oil Well

On 13 September, almost four months after the explosion and oil spill in the Indian town of Baghjan (Tinsukia district, Assam state), experts from the company in charge of  the oil well (Oil India Limited) and international engineers managed to control the fire. Four days earlier, an engineer from the company had died on site. …

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Indian youth and activists mobilise for global day of climate action

On 6 November, while tens of thousands of activists braved the elements to demand climate action in Glasgow, amid the ongoing United Nations climate conference, it was the youth organisations of Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh that offered solidarity in both corners of India. Click here to read more.

Crisis in Sri Lanka: Panellists from five South Asian countries see SAARC as a solution

ON Thursday, Friends of the Earth India, a network of social movements, trade unions, organisations, people’s collectives & other social environmental justice organisations, held a webinar with the objective of bringing together South Asian countries to express their solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, and to share the perspectives from these countries on the ongoing …

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Withdrawal of the JSW Utkal Steel Ltd’s proposed project from Dhinkia, Odisha

Withdrawal of the proposal of JSW Utkal Steel Limited’s proposed project site near the Paradip port in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha based on the inadequate and fraudulent EIA report. New Delhi: On 27th January 2022, an online press conference was held by Delhi Solidarity Group and Friends of the Earth India, to present the study analysis …

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