ANTWERP, Belgium — Bisphenol-A. Doesn't sound very interesting does it? In fact it's a widely used chemical in mobile phones, baby bottles and CD's. Unfortunately it's also a widespread toxic pollutant, even being found in people's blood. We are...

NEW DELHI, India — It’s official now. The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on hazardous wastes (SCMC) has stated unequivocally that the fugitive ship now known as the ‘Riky’ (earlier aliases include the Kong Frederik IX and ‘Frederik’) must be...

BANGALORE, India — This is a defining moment in Indian agriculture. And by putting your weight behind a crucial petition, you have a chance to make an impact on the government’s new Biotech Strategy even as it is being framed hand-in-glove with...

BHOPAL, India — What would you do if, for as long as you could remember, a glass of water meant a contaminated, poisonous liquid – rank in smell and vile in taste? What if your entire family, infant and infirm alike, were forced to live off this...

GENEVA, Switzerland — What happens to your mobile or computer when you throw it away? Did you know it could end up dumped in Asia and scrapped by hand in appalling conditions? This shouldn't be happening, so we are pressuring one of the biggest...

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States — When Sydney declared that the 2000 Olympics would be the "Green games" we pointed out that the refrigerants Coca-Cola used to chill their beverage were also warming our planet.

CAPE ARCTICHESKY, SIBERIA, Russian Federation — Global warming is a vital issue to many people. But how many of us would undertake an unprecedented - not to mention, risky summer crossing of the Arctic Ocean in order to stop it? Veteran explorers...

The GEAC in its current avatar has been in existence for about fifteen years now. It is feared that it will morph into a new impotent regulatory body if the new biotech policy is adopted sometime later this year.

BHUBANESHWAR, India — In a historic win for the clean energy movement, the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has just thrown down the gauntlet for the giants of industry. Its directive, quite simply, compels GRIDCO and other...

ONTARIO, Canada — Perhaps more than anyone else, Bob Hunter invented Greenpeace. His death today, of cancer, marks the passing of a true original, one of the heroes of the environmental movement.

BANGKOK, Thailand — Why are two activists facing 5 years of prison for exposing an environmental crime?

NEW DELHI, India — A toxic ship that escaped the clutches of the Danish government is now the subject of a rare call for co-operation from the environment ministry of Denmark to the MoEF in India. On 15 April, 2005, the Danish environmental...

HUBEI, China — In a startling development that may have repurcussions on exports of China's biggest crop, Greenpeace has uncovered genetically engineered (GE) rice, unapproved for human consumption, that appears to have been planted and sold...