National Clean Air Action Plan is the need of the hour: Greenpeace India
May 12, 2016, at 09:27 pm
New Delhi, May 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The most recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), released Thursday, has re-emphasised the immediate need to address the air pollution menace in several Indian cities such as, Gwalior, Allahabad, Patna and Raipur, along with Delhi, said Greenpeace India.
Coal power plants consume water needed for 1.2 crore persons each year in Maharashtra: Greenpeace
Apr 28, 2016, at 10:57 pm
Mumbai, Apr 28 (Just Earth News /IBNS) As Maharashtra continues to fight drought, an assessment based on the recent report by Greenpeace - ‘The Great Water Grab; How the coal industry is deepening the Global Water Crisis†has revealed that coal power plants in Maharashtra alone consume water sufficient for 1.2 crore people each year, the global green pressure group said.
We stand in solidarity with Wangan and Jagalingou people: Greenpeace
Mar 27, 2015, at 07:18 pm
Brisbane, Mar 27 (IBNS): Greenpeace has offered its solidarity to the representatives for the Wangan and Jagalingou people who have formally rejected the Indigenous land use agreement for the Carmichael mine in the Queensland Galilee Basin.
Villagers in Mahan empowered as their voices are heard at global stage: Greenpeace
Jan 15, 2015, at 04:43 am
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IBNS): Greenpeace India campaigner, Priya Pillai stuck to her commitment of taking the voices of struggle from Mahan to a global stage and addressed a gathering of British Parliamentarians at the Parliament in London on Wednesday.
Non pesticide management is the future of tea cultivation: Greenpeace
Oct 16, 2014, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): On the occasion of World Food Day, Greenpeace released its report "Hope Brewing-Kotagiri to Kachibari1", showcasing successfully running tea plantations using ecological approaches across India.
Tea Board’s Plant Protection Code is inadequate: Greenpeace India
Sep 03, 2014, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, Sept 3 (IBNS): While acknowledging the initiatives taken by the Tea Board of India to handle the pesticide menace in tea cultivation, Greenpeace India, Wednesday termed the Plant Protection Code (PPC) as inadequate.
Govt's stand on speedy re-allocation can ride roughshod over environmental laws: Greenpeace
Sep 02, 2014, at 03:15 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Greenpeace on Monday observed that the NDA government's submission to the Supreme Court on the coal scam hearing was an attempt to make light of the coal scam ruling.
Greenpeace demands cancellation of Mahan forest clearance
Apr 17, 2014, at 04:00 am
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS): With another multi-crore scam tainting the UPA government, fresh evidence has surfaced on Wednesday exposing how Environment and Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily favoured Essar by gifting it Rs 52,000-crore worth Ratna oil field, off the Mumbai coast1, Greenpeace said.