How coal mining is displacing millions

Everybody loves to hate coal. But are things really changing on the ground? Follow me into the gritty heartland of the Indian coal belt to meet indigenous communities who are, arguably, facing the direst impact of our dirty coal habit.

Filmed in January 2020

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Author: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Deepti Rao, Nitye Sood
Video Editor: Henning Goll
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer

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Read More:

Future of Coal in India: https://www.brookings.edu/books/future-of-coal-in-india-smooth-transition-or-bumpy-road-ahead/

Renewables and coal production: https://india.mongabay.com/2020/08/east-and-west-the-parallel-worlds-of-indias-coal-and-renewable-sectors/

Amnesty report on coal mining and displacement: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA2043912016ENGLISH.PDF

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Thanks to:

Rahul Tongia, Brookings Institution

Nandikesh Shivalingam, ‎Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air

Srestha Banerjee, iFOREST

Nivit Yadav, Centre for Science and Environment

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TripodStories- AB, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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