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Bihar on its way to an energy revolution

Press release | May 23, 2012 at 18:20

New Delhi/Patna, May 23, 2012: Greenpeace welcomes the recent statement made by the Honourable Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar, stressing the need to harness the potential of renewable energy to provide energy access to millions in the... Read more >

Greenpeace and farmers welcome government’s plan to shift subsidy from chemical...

Press release | May 16, 2012 at 17:24

New Delhi, May 16, 2012: Greenpeace India today welcomed the government’s plan to shift subsidies from chemical fertilizers to support ecological fertilization. Farmer leaders from various part of the country also applauded the step, after Sharad... Read more >

Greenpeace unveils Smart Energy Access Report

Press release | May 15, 2012 at 15:28

Patna, May 15, 2012: Shri Brijendra Prasad Yadav, Hon’ble minister of Energy of Bihar released the Greenpeace report- Smart Energy Access today at the business conclave “Energy Revolution Bihar- The Renewable Energy Way” organised by Greenpeace... Read more >

Greenpeace reminds Apple of its professed sustainability commitment

Press release | May 8, 2012 at 16:42

Bengaluru, 8th May 2012– Greenpeace activists today installed a billboard in front of the Indian head office of Apple here in Bengaluru asking the company to ‘Clean our Cloud’. The activists along with Apple customers urged the head of Apple... Read more >

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft choose dirty energy to power growing cloud computing...

Press release | April 18, 2012 at 12:27

Bangalore /San Francisco, 18 April 2012–The current explosion in cloud computing offered by major IT companies is driving significant new demand for dirty energy like coal and nuclear power, according to a new report from Greenpeace International. Read more >

Solar powered PV pump set to revolutionise agriculture in Bihar

Press release | April 12, 2012 at 13:36

Patna April 12, 2012: Access to energy for irrigation and agricultural activities is an important issue for the rural Bihar. Looking at the poor irrigation facilities due to unavailability of electric supply and availability of abundant sunshine... Read more >

Greenpeace condemns crackdown on anti-nuclear protesters

Press release | March 19, 2012 at 18:22

March 19, 2012: Greenpeace today condemned undemocratic arrest of the local people protesting against the commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant. The environmental watchdog alleged that Jayalaitha’s decision comes due to intense... Read more >

Licensed to Loot: Scandals and Violations within the Letter of Permit Scheme exposed

Press release | March 14, 2012 at 10:54

March 13, 2012, Delhi: India’s lucrative commercial fish resources, including one of world’s last healthy tuna stocks, are being systematically exploited by fishing vessels of foreign origin as a result of the Letter of Permit scheme and in turn... Read more >

Indian Embassy revokes visa granted to Fukushima survivor

Press release | March 8, 2012 at 10:41

March 7, 2012: In what could be interpreted as a brazen attempt to stifle criticism, the Indian government has cancelled a visa granted to Mrs. Maya Kobayashi, a Fukushima survivor from Japan due to visit the country on the invitation of... Read more >

Busted: Greenpeace Exposes Letter of Permit racket in Indian EEZ

Press release | February 28, 2012 at 14:30

February 28th 2012, Delhi - For the second time this week activists from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza exposed illegal fishing practices within the Indian EEZ, off the Andaman Islands coast (1). The tuna long liners Balaji No. 5, 6 and 9, were... Read more >

Greenpeace welcomes China's legal initiative to keep GE away from the country's...

Press release | February 24, 2012 at 13:58

New Delhi, 24 February 2012: Chinese government has finally put out its long awaited policy on GM crops this week for public inputs. The State Council has released the draft proposal of a grain law that establishes legislation restricting... Read more >

Greenpeace exposes pirate fishing practices off Andaman coast

Press release | February 20, 2012 at 8:49

February 19th, 2012, Esperanza: During its ongoing month long expedition to highlight the urgent need for marine conservation in India, activists from the Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza today encountered four Burmese vessels fishing illegally in... Read more >

Greenpeace flagship Esperanza docks at Port Blair, building support for India’s...

Press release | February 10, 2012 at 17:00

Port Blair, India, February 10th, 2012: MY Esperanza, the iconic campaigning ship of Greenpeace, docked at Port Blair today. On her second visit to India, the Esperanza through a month long tour will highlight the impacts of illegal and... Read more >

BRAI Bill is inadequate on biosafety and liability: Greenpeace

Press release | February 9, 2012 at 17:32

Kolkata, 9 February 2012: Greenpeace India today launched a legal assessment report of the the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI),bill 2011. Read more >

Greenpeace’s IT & Telecom Climate Leaderboard report launched in India

Press release | February 8, 2012 at 15:36

New Delhi, February 8th, 2012: Greenpeace today released the latest version of the Greenpeace Cool IT Leaderboard (1) at the business conclave "Decarbonising Economy: Renewable energy powering India's growth” organised by Greenpeace India and... Read more >

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