Fetisov Journalism Awards 2023

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Category: Excellence in Environmental Journalism

Ankur Paliwal

(India)

‘It Was A Set-Up, We Were Fooled’: The Coal Mine That Ate an Indian Village

The Guardian

December 20th, 2022

The original publication is available via the following link:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/20/india-adani-coal-mine-kete-hasdeo-arand-forest-displaced-villages

In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?

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