http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news en-in http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/nokia-bounces-back-to-the-top From the penalty position, Nokia bounced back to the top spot (1) due to its improved take-back practice in India in the latest version of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics. Wipro and HCL continue to proactively move towards cleaner and greener production. However, Zenith slips to the bottom in the ranking with an ‘all nil’ because of its withdrawal of information from the company website (2). Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:02:38 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/nokia-bounces-back-to-the-top http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/six-greenpeace-activists-in-uk On 9th October 2007 a bunch of Greenpeace activists shutdown a coal fired power plant in Kingsnorth, Kent, UK. They were arrested and charged with criminal damage. Nearly one year later and they have been acquitted in a landmark court decision. Prevention of property damage from climate change, which is, in part, fuelled by Coal Plants like the one in Kingsnorth, was succesfully used as an argument by the defence. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/six-greenpeace-activists-in-uk http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/tata-shareholders-question-dha At TATA Steel’s 101st Annual General Meeting (AGM), concerned TATA Steel shareholders and Greenpeace members urged the company’s Chairman, Mr. Ratan Tata and the senior management to live up to TATA’s claims of environmental and social responsibility by withdrawing from the Dhamra Port Project in Orissa. The Dhamra issue was a recurring theme during the AGM, with over 15 shareholders and Greenpeace members posing their concerns to Mr. Tata and the board on the ethical and financial desirability of the project, and its environmental impacts. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/tata-shareholders-question-dha http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-activists-blockade In the absence of evidence that the TATAs will honour their commitment to ensure no harm to Orissa’s Olive Ridley turtles, Greenpeace activists intensified their campaign to stop the Dhamra Port today, by taking the issue back to Bombay House, TATA Group headquarters. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-activists-blockade http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/what-about-a-takeback-service Greenpeace activists dressed as Samsung mobile phones and television paid a visit to the company's Corporate Head office at Nehru Place here today to demand that the company start a take-back service for all its discarded products, not just the mobile phones. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/what-about-a-takeback-service http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/people-power-roses-for-ratan Greenpeace today delivered thousands of roses to Mr Ratan Tata at his Bombay House office on behalf of thousands of concerned members of the public, expressing gratitude in anticipation of his decision to reconsider the upcoming TATA port at Dhamra, near the nesting ground of the endangered olive ridley sea turtles. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/people-power-roses-for-ratan http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/three-activists-land-in-police Greenpeace activists, carrying boxes on their head to symbolically highlight Philips electronic waste (e-waste), revisited Philips' office at Technopolis Knowledge Park here to remind the company that given the looming e-waste crisis, India needs not a pilot project but a full and functioning e-waste takeback and recycling service. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/three-activists-land-in-police http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/poisoning-the-poor-electroni The latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in Ghana. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/poisoning-the-poor-electroni http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-study-reveals-e-bra Even as India heads for a looming e-waste crisis, most of the global electronic brands have no functioning e-waste takeback services in India. This is the case despite many of these brands providing a voluntary takeback service in other countries. However, the study released today, “TakeBack Blues: An Assessment of E-waste Takeback in India,” also reveals that some companies are already part of the possible solution for this problem: Even in the absence of legislation, Indian brands like HCL and WIPRO are offering pan-Indian voluntary takeback and recycling service to their customers. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-study-reveals-e-bra http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/bhopal-disaster-2 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:27:16 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/bhopal-disaster-2 http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/bhopal-disaster Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/bhopal-disaster http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/fuel-efficiency-law-need-of-th Greenpeace today launched a nationwide "Let's Drive Change" consumer campaign to support the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in creating strong mandatory fuel efficiency norms for the car industry in India. To highlight the climate impact from cars, Greenpeace created an installation at Connaught Place, in the heart of the capital today to remind the country of the unregulated "climate pollutant" CO2 emissions that automobiles are responsible for. Cars with giant balloons labelled "CO2" connected to car exhausts symbolically drove home the message of climate pollution from the car industry that needs to be regulated. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/fuel-efficiency-law-need-of-th http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/electronics-companies-have-poo Out of the 22 electronics companies, only Sony-Ericsson and Sony score above 5/10 in the latest version of the Greenpeace Ranking Guide to Greener Electronics, while the overall score on global scale has plummeted as Greenpeace tightens requirements on electronic waste (e-waste)and toxic chemicals, and adds new requirements for evaluating companies’ impact on climate change. HCL continues to lead Indian electronics companies. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/electronics-companies-have-poo http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/dr-ramadoss-ban-unsafe-ge-foo Greenpeace knocked on the doors of Health Ministry today to remind Dr Ramadoss, the Health Minister about the health risks of GM foods. The activists piled up the illegal GM chips packets in front of the Ministry while unfurling a banner declaring, "Dr Ramadoss, we do not want GE food". Two other activists in saris handcuffed themselves to gate number 5 of Nirman Bhavan. They were demanding an immediate action from the Health Minister to stop the influx of illegal GM food which is becoming a health crisis. Last month, Greenpeace had revealed that Pepsico's Doritos corn chips that are widely sold in India, contained genetically modified ingredients. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/dr-ramadoss-ban-unsafe-ge-foo http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/illegal-e-waste-exposed 綠色和平成員宣布採取行動，登上停泊在葵涌貨櫃碼頭的YM Success號貨櫃船，以行動截停一個來自美國、裝滿有毒電子垃圾的貨櫃。我們要求香港政府即時將電子垃圾送返美國，確保該貨櫃不會被送往中國內地，污染當地環境。 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:52:56 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/illegal-e-waste-exposed http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-activists-return-e Greenpeace activists today returned electronic waste (e-waste) to Philips' head office here asking the company to immediately stop practicing double standard on take-back of its end-of-life products in India Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-activists-return-e http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/candles-lit-for-ratan-tata-th Over thirty Mumbaikars, Greenpeace volunteers all, tonight lit thousands of candles on the rocks in front of Bakhtawar, Colaba, asking the building’s most famous resident, Mr. Ratan Tata, to shift his company’s upcoming port project from Dhamra in Orissa in order to save the endangered olive ridley sea turtles. The Dhamra port is being built close to the Gahirmatha beach, one of the world’s largest nesting grounds for the species. Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/candles-lit-for-ratan-tata-th http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-uncovers-illegal-gm Greenpeace today confirmed the presence of illegal Genetically Modified [GM] food in India at a press conference. Tests conducted at an independent laboratory on products picked up randomly from a supermarket in New Delhi has revealed that Pepsico’s Doritos Corn Chips contain genetically modified Mon 863 and NK 603 variety corn ingredients. [1] Fri, 02 May 2008 11:40:36 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-uncovers-illegal-gm http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/act-now-to-prevent-climate-cha In a dramatic action early this morning, singer Rabbi joined Greenpeace activists who have occupied "prime real estate" and set up a "migrant colony" of hutments 35 ft above the Delhi Noida toll bridge. This occupation will continue all day and will highlight the urgency of creating a National Climate Action plan (NCAP) that focuses on taking action now to prevent climate change. Indications are that the government's approach to the NCAP is to wait and deal with the nightmarish consequences through "adaptation". Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/act-now-to-prevent-climate-cha http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-mocks-kapil-sibal Activists wearing masks of Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Science and technology, distributed models of GE Brinjal near Technology Bhavan today. This was to highlight that the nexus between policy makers and private companies in promoting Genetically Engineered (GE) crops can pose a serious threat to public health and safety. A banner in the backdrop in the shape of a mock certificate read ‘GE food safe certified by Mahyco’ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.greenpeace.org/india/news/greenpeace-mocks-kapil-sibal