True Cost Of Electricity

2. In the early 1970s, a group of environmental activists
formed the organization to fight against nuclear testing in
Canada. Greenpeace is an international organization that
works for environmental conservation and the preservation of
endangered species, with a presence in more than 42
countries

3. Our work with Core Values
We do not accept Philosophically and
contributions from tactically, our
governments, peaceful protests
corporations or work to raise
political parties awareness and
because it would bring public
compromise our opinion to bear on
core values. decision-makers.
Greenpeace is Greenpeace
best known for its uses scientific
non-violent direct research to
actions, public expose the
protests are just risks of existing
one of many and emergent
strategies we technologies.
employ.

5. VICTORY !
• Introduction of E-Waste Law in
INDIA
• Moratorium On Bt Brinjal
• Facebook to unfriend coal
• Antarctic became a global
sanctuary and its now the
Arctic's turn to follow suite.
• Demanding Toxic free fashion
and clean water.
• Bharti Airtel is ready to move
towards sustainable, renewable
energy

6. Over 200,000 people like you insisted that Bharti Airtel switches-off
diesel from its telecom network towers. Thousands of you wrote
emails to Bharti Airtel’s CEO Sunil Mittal with the same demand.
Now, after two years working with them, Airtel’s ready to move
towards this change for a better planet. Thank you!

7. TRUE COST
OF
ELECTRACITY

8. The Coal Curse
• Burning of Coal in thermal
power plants to produce
electricity
• Cause up to 40 percent of our
current CO2 emissions
• INDIA is the third largest
emitter of CO2
• Greenhouse Effect

10. The Issue
•Coal India Limited possess 2,00,000 hectares of land, 55,000 hectares of which is forest
area.
•One-third of coal mines are running with one type of violation or another, irrespective
of whether environmental and forestry clearances are attained or not.
•Over 1 million hectares of forest stand to be destroyed from coal mining in just 13
coalfields in Central India.
• Of this 1 million hectares, 186,678 ha. (over 1800 sq. km.) was inhabited by tigers in
2010, 277,669 ha. (over 2,700 sq. km.) was inhabited by leopard, and 55,970 ha. (over
550 sq.km.) by elephant, according to official government data.
• Vital corridors linking tiger reserves of Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Achanakmarh, Sanjay
Dubri, Palamau, Satkosia and Tadoba-Andhari are threatened by coal mining.

13. Opencast mining in central India

22. Climate and Energy
Energy Revolution
The world doesn't
need more coal, it
needs an energy
revolution.

24. Decentralized renewable energy-Bihar in focus

26. "If not us, then who?
If not now, then when?
If not now, then when?
If not here, then where?"