Supporters joined Van Satyagrahis from Mahan for a peaceful protest outside the collectors office in Waidhan, Singrauli today. Forest rights activists have been treated unfairly by Singrauli's administration and police and supporters heavily...
After spending almost three weeks in jail, Van Satyagrahi and member of Mahan Sangharsh Samiti, Bechan Lal Shah is finally out on bail. 200 people joined him as he walked out of jail, each one greeting him either with a warm hug or tears of joy.
2nd June, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: After spending almost three weeks in prison, Van Satyagrahi and member of Mahan Sangharsh Samiti, Bechan Lal Shah was finally granted bail by the Jabalpur High Court today. Shah was arrested along with...
26th May 2014, New Delhi: In an undertaking submitted to the National Green tribunal, the state government of Madhya Pradesh today said that they will not fell trees in Mahan forests till October. This comes as a temporary respite for members of...
1st August, 2014, New Delhi: Mahan Sangharsh Samiti[1] (MSS) supported by prominent members of civil society organisations today urged the Indian government not to trample over the rights of the forest dwelling communities of Mahan region in...
August 5, 2014, Bhopal: Mahan Sangharsh Samiti[1] (MSS) supported by prominent members of other social movements today urged the government of Madhya Pradesh to end the systematic clampdown of the movement against Essar and Hindalco's proposed...
July 29, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: A Greenpeace mobile phone signal booster was confiscated by local police today, along with other communication equipment in Amelia village in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. This comes just days...
NEW DELHI, India — As the Clemenceau, an end-of-life French military ship, starts its journey from France to India for dismantling, Greenpeace activists demonstrated outside the French embassy in India today to alert the international community...
February 26, 2016 | Washington/New Delhi: India’s plans for meeting its ambitious renewable energy targets while boosting the national green job market have received a setback this week. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has sided with the...
Greenpeace India has one month left to fight for its survival with the threat of an imminent shutdown looming large. The NGO has been left with funds for staff salaries and office costs that will last for just about a month. Calling it...
The Ministry of Coal confirmed in a Right to Information reply that the Mahan coal block will not be auctioned, pursuant to the MoEF’s recommendation that it be kept off limits to mining. The move comes as another blow to Essar Energy, which had...
New York/ New Delhi |April 22 2016|Even as Officials from over 120 countries, including India, gather to sign the Paris Agreement today at New York, latest scientific data reinforces the urgency for action. The first three months of 2016 were the...
Severe nuclear accident can happen everywhere. Following the International Atomic Energy Agency's recommendations, nuclear safety is based on "defence in depth" with five independent levels of protection.
New Delhi, Monday|27th June 2016| The International Energy Agency in its recent report “World Energy Outlook Special Report on Energy and Air Pollution” [1] has reaffirmed Greenpeace India’s previously-stated position on thermal power plants...
India’s most controversial coal mine project may not go ahead, according to government documents acquired by Greenpeace through RTI.
New Delhi 5th April 2016| One year ago, when the Prime Minister of India launched the National Air Quality Index platform to monitor the air quality in major urban centers across the country on a real time basis, Greenpeace had welcomed the...
New Delhi | 5 May, 2016| Even as the country reels under severe drought, information secured by Greenpeace suggests that India’s coal-hungry government is willing to overlook policy meant to protect the country’s pristine forests, wildlife and...
New Delhi 9th May 2016| Greenpeace India welcomed the Central Electricity Commission Chairman’s statement that indicated phasing out aging coal-fired power plants and called it a ‘step in the right direction’.
New Delhi| May 12, 2016| The most recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), released today, has re-emphasised the immediate need to address the air pollution menace in several Indian cities such as, Gwalior, Allahabad, Patna and...
New Delhi 23rd May 2016| A report released today by Greenpeace India, “Out of Sight - How coal burning advances India’s Air Pollution Crisis” reveals coal as the largest overlooked source of air pollution, and identifies air pollution emission...
New Delhi | 7th June 2016| Delhi got its much awaited solar policy on Monday. The Delhi government unveiled and approved the solar policy in the cabinet meeting.
February 4, 2011, Bangalore: It has been shocking to see the immense pressure that has been developing from various quarters to reduce the NO GO forest zones to allow coal mining. MoEF has been succumbing to the pressure from the various...
New Delhi, March 16, 2011: Civil society groups (mines, minerals & People, Greenpeace, Wildlife Protection Society of India and Lawyers Initiative for Forests and Environment) today flayed the Group of Ministers on coal mining and other...
OSLO/DELHI, India — While asking Indian Industry to desist from using ‘dirty palm oil’, Greenpeace today said the deal announced in Oslo to protect Indonesia’s rainforests, home to some of the last remaining orangutans, falls much short of...
Need a break? Before you have one with a Kit Kat watch this video – ‘Have a break?’ We need your help to get the rainforests a break and to help you spread the word we’ve launched this video spoof. It exposes the true cost behind having a break...
LONDON, United Kingdom — Dozens of Greenpeace volunteers have this afternoon scaled the walls of the British Houses of Parliament and are now occupying the roof of the historic building. They are calling for a new style of politics in Britain,...
In a dramatic turn of events, Mumbai girl Faye Lewis today helped a host of world leaders block coal shipment in the Arctic, in a Gandhian bit of decisive action for clean energy.
NEW DELHI, India — Celebrated director Shekhar Kapur joined Greenpeace activists this morning at the Rohtang glacier in the Himalayas, to send a message to the upcoming New York UN Climate Summit.
NEW DELHI, India — We used to spend all our summers up there. I was a child in Delhi and, before the swarming heat of the city became unbearable, our family would escape to the mountains, curling Dad’s military green Ambassador up and round the...
BEIJING, China — One hundred ice children melting in the sun of a Beijing summer.
BANGALORE, India — Greenpeace volunteers today took the urgent message for everyone to act on climate change into the Chinnaswamy stadium, combining the universal appeal of cricket to talk about the universal impacts of the climate crisis.
NEW DELHI, India — Biggest study yet from a unique coalition of major development and environment groups reveals scale of climate impacts in India - immediate action needed before India goes ' Up in Smoke'
Greenpeace welcomed the decision of the Government of Orissa to allocate Rs 2 crores for improved marine patrolling to protect the Olive Ridley Turtles, which throng Orissa’s coastline between November and May, every year. The state government...
NEW DELHI, India — At the beginning of the COP-8 (1) meeting of the Basel Convention in Nairobi, Greenpeace today released a scathing critique of India's draft WEEE (Waste from Electronic and Electrical Equipment) legislation (2). Being developed...
MUMBAI, India — Activists, crew and volunteers aboard Rainbow Warrior may not be able to participate in the 'Global Day of Action against Corporate Crime on 3rd December, 2003 to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster in Mumbai...
ALANG, India — Greenpeace today criticized Gujarat Pollution Control Board 's (GPCB) directive to Gujarat Maritime Board GMB) to remove asbestos and other hazardous waste on board Genova Bridge and store it at a landfill in the hinterlands of...
ALANG, India — Greenpeace activists expressed surprise at today's news reports that the Gujarat Maritime Board has sought help from Navy and Customs to arrest the international crew of the Rainbow Warrior, following their expose of a criminal act...
MUMBAI, India — Greenpeace activists present at today’s Annual General Body Meeting of Hindustan Lever Limited, Indian unit of the Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever, confronted the company directors of HLL on their own turf.
KODAIKANAL, India — The cleanup took place on June 20, according to a protocol agreed upon by the community, and the community was also a monitor at the cleanup. However, the company refused the community access to the final weighing of the...
MUMBAI, India — Conceding to the demands of citizens groups and Greenpeace, Unilever has agreed to the permanent closure of its polluting mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, and to undertake a clean-up of 5.3 tons of mercury wastes dumped...
MUMBAI/ CHENNAI, India — Palni Hills Conservation Council, United Citizens Council of Kodaikanal, Greenpeace and New Delhi-based Toxics Link have dismissed as an "insensitive PR exercise" Hindustan Lever's official response of temporarily...
KODAIKANAL, India — Community groups and activists from Greenpeace, Palni Hills Conservation Council (PHCC) cordoned off a local scrapyard containing several tons of mercury-contaminated broken thermometers from Hindustan Lever’s thermometer...
NEW DELHI, India — From around the world Greenpeace today sent a message to the environment ministers of the G8 governments currently meeting in Trieste, Italy, calling for action now to protect the climate. Activists from 14 different countries...
BANGALORE, India — Bangalore residents are joining thousands of others from around the globe in a Virtual March organized by Greenpeace to save the whales. The Virtual March will culminate on 19th June, with a massive projection in Ulsan, South...
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