No, it does not. If elephants can stop power project so can ground squirrels.
Coal India Limited is not able to start exploring new mines in the states of Chattisgarh, Jharkhand as those areas come under forest act and also have a large population of elephant. This is happening when power projects with generation capacity of 15000 MW will be commissioned in the next one year while available coal is enough to generate only 3,000 MW*. This is the story of the world's largest democracy.
In the world's oldest democracy, a solar power plant of 250 MW was withdrawn as the project would have had an impact on ground squirrels. The article in The NY Times provides an overview of solar projects in the state of California.
* Source : Economic Times
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