Focused Uptake of Renewable Energy to mitigate Air Pollution for Delhi

New Delhi 26 December, 2017| Only six out of twenty nine states & seven UTs are complying with the centre’s Renewable energy Purchase Obligation (RPO) targets, according to new analysis by Greenpeace India. The report, a follow up to a similar...

47 million children worst affected: Airpocalypse II, Greenpeace India report

Greenpeace India Statement on Union Budget 2018 and Environment

A report released by Greenpeace India earlier this week, on Monday, points to the scary and abnormally high levels of air pollution in UP.

Greenpeace India’s representatives in several meetings with the parliamentarians have urged them to reach out to Dr. Harsh Vardhan asking him for transparency and notifying NCAP without any further delay.

The latest WHO ranking of cities based on ambient air quality released on 2nd May lists eight out of ten Indian cities as the top most polluted cities in the world. However, if we look deeper into the data for 859 cities across the world given in...

New report reveals 13 solutions to air pollution that can help reduce pollution levels by 40% nationally

वायु प्रदूषण से मुक्ति संभवः अमरीकी विश्वविद्यालय की एक रिपोर्ट ने सुझाए वायु प्रदूषण से निपटने के 13 तरीके, अगर सुझाव पर अमल हुआ तो देशभर में 40% कम हो जायेगा वायु प्रदूषण

Health and environment scientists submit their recommendations on NCAP and seek inclusion of their suggestions.

Address concerns of citizens of Tuticorin, they have a right to clean and safe environment: Greenpeace urges authorities

New Delhi 22nd February 2016|- For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure was higher for Indian citizens than that of Chinese people, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data on particulate matter has shown.

New Delhi| October 5, 2016| Greenpeace India lauds Power Minister Piyush Goyal for questioning the excessive past investments in coal, and for highlighting the ‘irrational investments in adding generating capacity’ under the previous government.

Delhi, 4 November 2016 - The Paris agreement comes into force today, forging an irreversible path towards the complete phase out of fossil fuels.

New Delhi | December 2, 2016| As winter sets in and smog envelopes the North Indian belt further, yet another damning report stresses on the urgent need to address the problem of air pollution in India and China.

Patna 13th August: Greenpeace volunteers celebrated alongside farmers in Kedia, as the Bihar Labour Resources Minister Vijay Prakash inaugurated the state’s first ever solar powered cold storage in Kedia, Jamui on Saturday.

Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, shows that none of the Indian cities comply with standards prescribed by the World...

New Delhi | June 2, 2017 | Donald Trump’s irresponsible and short-sighted decision to pull the USA out of the Paris Agreement is a loss for the United States in many ways and an opportunity for India to provide global leadership on climate issue,...

Greenpeace India today submitted its feedback on Bihar Government’s latest Agricultural Road Map Draft, to Sudhir Kumar, Principal Secretary of the state’s Agriculture Department.

New Delhi | March 30, 2017| The joint secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) Mr Arun Kumar Mehta today assured activists from Greenpeace India, Care4Air and Help Delhi Breathe, that emission standards for...

In the last one month, Greenpeace India campaign ‘Waste to Food’ has mobilised 5100 individuals, who have pledged to segregate and compost.

For 50 days, 3000 pots from homemade compost and organic seeds to be used for the vertical garden highlighting the link between urban waste segregation and ecological farming. Garden City 2.0, a 30x30 feet vertical garden installation with 3000...

Average of PM10 levels in the six host cities last year in October was well beyond acceptable WHO standards. Strong Actions required to safeguard public health during and post FIFA.

Cities of Uttar Pradesh are none-too-better-off than Delhi when it comes to alarming levels of air pollution from Ghaziabad to Varanasi

The International Energy Agency has released its annual Coal 2017 report, which recognizes the fact that coal has peaked in China and is on its way out in most developed countries, but remains bullish on coal at the expense of renewable energy in...

New Delhi | As the who's who of the coal and power ministry attended a conference themed ‘Indian Coal: Sustaining the Momentum’ in the Capital today, Greenpeace India hosted a parallel press conference at the same venue, questioning the wisdom...

New Delhi| September 30, 2016| With India’s Cabinet signalling readiness to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change, Greenpeace India is highlighting the threat posed to these commitments as well as to the economy, in particular the energy...

New Delhi, October 2nd, 2016: On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian government today deposited India’s instrument of ratification of the historic Paris climate agreement with the United Nations.

As the Delhi government announced emergency measures to help citizens cope with the public health crisis of hazardous air pollution levels, Greenpeace reiterated the central demands of its ‘Clean Air Nation’ campaign.

New Delhi/ Tokyo, 10 November 2016 --The signing of the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between Japan and India, will not save Westinghouse/Toshiba’s failing nuclear business, nor will it deliver safe energy for the people of India. Instead, it...

Dedicating deadly technology to the nation: Greenpeace questions the need for nuclear given safer alternatives with renewables

New Delhi | December 15, 2016| The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released for public input the draft National Electricity Plan 2015.

The Boom and Bust Report by Sierra Club, CoalSwarm and Greenpeace hails slowdown in coal investments and explosive growth in renewable energy in China and India as a potential breakthrough in the fight against climate change and air pollution;...

Concerned Citizens and Civil Society Organisations, Medical professionals write to new Minister of MOEFCC, urging to stick to the committed deadline

Creation of compost through waste could prove vital link between urban and rural India.

Greenpeace India’s Solar Shakti campaign evokes an overwhelming response from Delhi and other major cities; thousands of people from all over the country pledge to install rooftop solar

Indian cities lag far behind in installing rooftop solar: Greenpeace Analysis

Greenpeace India strongly condemns the murder of much respected veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru last evening.

NGT slams MOEF&CC;: saying last chance to ensure compliance by the thermal power plants to the 7th December 2015 notification to reduce air pollution

Solidarity statement for people who have protested peacefully across years. The civil society stands with Adivasis, activists, journalists, lawyers who have shown tremendous resilience to voice the environmental and social destruction in the region

With the population of nearly 10 million, Bengaluru produces between 3,000 tonnes to 5,000 tonnes of garbage every day of which around 60 percent is organic waste.

Greenpeace welcomes activation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle air pollution.

Mumbai | 28th October 2017 The ‘Rainbow Warrior’ is a flagship of Greenpeace whose journey’s across the oceans has led her from island shores to the big port cities around the world.

Once again Delhi woke up to a blanket of post-Diwali smog. However, data suggests that the average PM 2.5 levels this year (181 microgram/m3) to be significantly lower compared to Diwali 2016 (343 microgram/m3).

As part of its India tour the Rainbow Warrior is now anchored at Kochi, turning November 4, 2017 into a memorable day for Greenpeace and its associate organizations, activists and supporters in India. They have been looking forward to this event...

Greenpeace India welcomes the National Clean Air Program (NCAP)

India’s coal power tariff data shows that replacing the most expensive coal power plants with electricity generated by solar photovoltaic’s (PV) and wind can save discoms and consumers up to 54,000 crores ($8.3 billion) annually.

Silence on climate change at the Modi-Trump meet shows that the world will move on without US leadership.

Welcoming this Government initiative to prioritise organic farming, Greenpeace India has expressed the hope that the step would not only bring farm and food security in Bihar but it would also serve as a role model for other States of the country.