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New Delhi, 25th August 2014: Greenpeace welcomed the Supreme Court order today that deemed all coal block allocations since 1993 as 'illegal' on grounds of arbitrariness, legal flaws, lack of transparency, fairness and even application of mind.

New Delhi, August 21, 2014: Expressing serious concern on the issue of pesticide residues in tea, the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in a recent media interview, raised questions on the safety of consumers [1].Greenpeace India urged...

Amsterdam, 18 August 2014: Greenpeace International today joined Greenpeace India's call for Indian authorities to protect democracy and ensure a fair and transparent village council vote in the Mahan forest, over a proposed coal mine...

August 13th, 2014, Mumbai: In an encouraging turn of events, two of the leading tea companies have come forward in support of Non-Pesticide Management (NPM) in tea. Earlier this week, Greenpeace India released its report Trouble Brewing [1]...

August 11th, 2014, Mumbai: Greenpeace India called on the tea industry to save Indian tea from pesticides while launching their report, Trouble Brewing [1], today. The study exposes the presence of pesticides, considered highly and moderately...

Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, August 6, 2014: Greenpeace India and Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS) today filed a police complaint against the fake letters that are being circulated among residents of Amelia and the local media in Singrauli. The letters...

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...

Patna, 4 August: In a thumbs-up to Greenpeace’s solar-powered micro-grid, former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday visited Dharnai village in Jehanabad district, where the micro grid has been setup. Elated to see homes, shops and streets lit...

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...

July 31, 2014, Mumbai: At the hearing of the interim gag-order on the Greenpeace, MP, the Bombay High Court today accepted Essar's affidavit to include the 'leaked' IB report that alleged that foreign funded NGOs like Greenpeace were a 'threat to...

July 30 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: The police in Singrauli have stooped to a new low, according to Greenpeace. Barely two months after four forest rights activists were arrested from Greenpeace's Waidhan office local police officials once...

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...

Greenpeace’s first solar-powered micro-grid in Bihar kicks off with village ceremony

Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, July 15, 2014: The Jabalpur High Court has pulled up the Superintendent of Police of Singrauli for not taking action on the complaint filed by the villagers on the forged Gram Sabha resolution of March 6, 2013. Acting...

Mumbai, Maharashtra, July 14, 2014: In a bid to end all debate and discussion on its controversial coal mine in Mahan forest, Essar has filed an affidavit in Bombay High Court looking for a blanket ban on any criticism of them or the project. The...

New Delhi, July 9, 2014: Greenpeace India is shocked and dismayed over the arbitrary manner in which the government has attempted to muzzle voices of dissent in democracy in the name of financial scrutiny. Greenpeace India has followed all laws...

New Delhi, 19 June 2014: Greenpeace India today rubbished allegations made by the two IB reports that were leaked consecutively within one week. Greenpeace India believes that this leak is a concerted effort by parties with vested interest to...

17th June 2014: The company which has initiated a 500-crore Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) case on tribal people and Greenpeace, to stop them from criticising its planned coal mine in Mahan forest, is now trying to use the...

New Delhi, 12th June 2014: Greenpeace India today slammed Gujarat government's move to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 meters on Narmada River. Greenpeace believes that this disregards the issues that peoples' movements like the...