Inside India’s Greenwashing Eco Parks

Inside India’s Greenwashing Eco Parks

The first time we saw a photograph of an “eco park” was in a press statement released by India’s Ministry of Coal in August 2024. It was grainy and felt as if it was taken from a phone camera and then enlarged to the point of pixelation. It featured a serene body of water with two hills in the background. The nearer one was covered with straggly trees. At the center, a ferry with passengers wearing orange life vests was floating on water that se…