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New Delhi 15th December 2015: A ranking of the 17 cities covered by the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) was released by Greenpeace India today, and reveals data to challenge the complacence of the Central and State Governments regarding cities...

New Delhi 10th December 2015: If India had an Air Quality monitoring and alarm system as robust as that of Beijing, a large swathe of North India would have been on red alert since November 2015, Greenpeace pointed out today. As data obtained...

New Delhi 2nd December 2015: Greenpeace India today released data from the 24 hour monitoring of indoor air quality conducted by the organisation over seven days, in seven schools across Delhi; readings from the monitors installed inside...

November 20, 2015: The Madras High Court has stayed a government order cancelling Greenpeace India’s registration, observing that the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies (RoS) had not followed principles of natural justice. This is the sixth time...

You can’t sink a rainbow! You can’t muzzle dissent in a democracy.

The Clean Air Nation app by Greenpeace India empowers users to find out the quality of air they are breathing and more importantly, how to protect themselves on bad polluted days and what actions government should take to protect public health.

November 6, 2015: Greenpeace India Society has just received notice from the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies, summarily announcing cancellation of its registration as a society. While several international leaders, including the United Nations...

New Delhi 22 October 2015: On the occasion of Delhi’s first car free day, Greenpeace India carried out an air-quality monitoring survey between Red Fort and India Gate. Monitoring was done for four hours on the car free day and a day before. Data...

New Delhi, 18 October 2015: Greenpeace on Sunday organised an event at Dilli Haat to inform people about the need to protect them from air pollution and to gather people’s support. The event calls on the government to make urgent improvements to...

New Delhi, 2nd October 2015: Greenpeace India has termed the Indian government’s climate targets (INDC) of 40% electricity from non-fossil fuel sources, and 33-35% emissions intensity reduction by 2030 as ‘steps in the right direction’, but...

Amsterdam, 28th September 2015 -- Responding to the news that Shell has abandoned its Arctic drilling programme after a disappointing season in Alaska, Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo said:

September 25, 2015 - New York/Delhi - In advance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to the United Nations today, Greenpeace published an open letter asking the Prime Minister to “urge President Obama to reconsider his administration’s...

Chennai/New Delhi, 24 September 2015: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to address world leaders at the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched its latest assault on Greenpeace...

New Delhi 22nd September - Greenpeace India today launched the Clean Air Nation1 movement, calling on the government to make urgent improvements to the National Air Quality Index (NAQI), as a first step towards securing what the Government has...

Chennai/New Delhi, 16 September 2015: The Courts have protected Greenpeace against arbitrary action taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the fourth time in less than one year. A case challenging MHA’s decision to cancel Greenpeace’s...

New Delhi, 4 September 2015: The Ministry of Home Affairs has filed an affidavit informing the Delhi High Court that Greenpeace India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence has been cancelled (1). Although the court hearing...

The Greenpeace legal team has learnt that the Ministry of Home Affairs has notified the Delhi High Court that Greenpeace’s FCRA registration has been cancelled. This news comes just a day before a scheduled hearing at the Delhi High Court that...

New Delhi, 26th August 2015: Greenpeace is urging the Delhi Government to capitalise on Delhi’s rooftop solar potential, and make an immediate start towards implementing the draft Solar Policy presented on Tuesday.

At least 39 of 101 coal blocks up for auction in 2015 are located in ecologically critical areas, says study; urges government to protect forests from mining.