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Impact of Water Resources Projects-Case Study Wardha

Publication | August 8, 2012 at 18:30

Vidarbha region in Maharastra has a long history of under development. Many measures to offset the agrarian crisis in the region like the Prime Minister's debt relief assistance in 2006 has focussed extensively on developing assured irrigation...

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Greenpeace unveils Smart Energy Access Report

Press release | May 15, 2012 at 17:28

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...

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Greenpeace: Indian Government must stop the destruction of vital biodiversity

Press release | October 10, 2012 at 22:24

Hyderabad/New Delhi, October 8, 2012, On the eve of a major international conference on biodiversity, hosted by the Indian Government, Greenpeace is demanding that the Indian government re-look its massive expansion of coal mining in forest areas...

Tell your friends - public consultation

Page | February 15, 2011 at 20:02

This is really urgent. The Group of Ministers meet on the 17th. We need to get as many signatures in support of our forests.

Campaign to save forests reaches the coal ministry's doorstep

Campaign to save forests reaches the coal ministry's doorstep

Feature story | December 5, 2011 at 13:19

Anticipating high security and only a few minutes outside Shastri Bhawan, Greenpeace India activists successfully blocked the main gate of the Ministry of Coal office by placing 18 life size tigers chained to the gates. Three tiger mascots, 2...

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Greenpeace to Prime Minister: Defend forests not coal scams

Press release | August 21, 2012 at 15:01

New Delhi, August 21, 2012: Even as Parliament was debating the CAG report, Greenpeace activists unfurled a giant 60 ft by 60 ft banner that said 'Dr Singh Defend Forests not Coal Scams' on Rajpath, the road leading to the PMO. The Environment...

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Greenpeace activist to occupy a tree in Chandrapur forest for 1 month

Press release | August 29, 2012 at 16:35

August 29th, 2012, Nagpur: India is hosting the 11th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in October this year to discuss conservation of biodiversity. “It is ironical that my government, which is writing...

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  • Jungle Jam in Bangalore to..

Jungle Jam in Bangalore to save our forests

Feature story | September 14, 2012 at 17:36

Bangalore is well known as the rock capital of India but it was after quite a while that an outdoor music event happened here. Greenpeace broke the monotony recently with the Jungle Jam in the heart of the city at the Kanteerva stadium. The...

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Hansraj Ahir, MP who unearthed Coalgate scam visits Brikesh Singh on the tree in...

Press release | September 25, 2012 at 13:04

September 22, 2012, Nagpur: Mr. Hansaraj Gangaram Ahir, the member of Parliament of Chandrapur, who pointed to the coal allocation scam way back in 2005, today joined Greenpeace activist Brikesh Singh in his occupation of a tree in the Padmapur...

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Indian Film Star Amala Akkineni joins Greenpeace protest

Press release | October 8, 2012 at 17:03

Hyderabad/New Delhi, October 8, 2012: Hours after Jayanthi Natarajan, the Minster of the Environment and Forests, opened the United Nations conference on biodiversity in Hyderabad, Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner from the balcony of the...

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  • The Great Indian Big Cat..

The Great Indian Big Cat and Greenpeace's appeal to the PM at the UN Convention

Press release | October 16, 2012 at 17:03

October 16, Hyderabad: Today, as Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh prepared for his key note speech to nearly 200 world politicians and international dignitaries at the UN’s Convention on Biodiversity, three Greenpeace activists...

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CBD media briefing

Publication | October 11, 2012 at 13:13

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with its 193 parties or delegates is the globe’s most important conference on protecting the planet’s diminishing biodiversity – It is the conference that covers life on earth and the use of the...

Are We Ready to Sustain the Right Choice?

Are We Ready to Sustain the Right Choice?

Blog entry by Sunil Dahiya | September 7, 2016

India is standing at very interesting juncture today. From here onwards, there are two paths that can pave the way forward. The first one is to continue with the age old conventional dirty energy sources such as coal, while ignoring...

Water for farmers

Page | July 24, 2013 at 13:59

It was Maharashtra’s worst drought in 40 years. For long the state had a unique water policy which gave preference to industries over agriculture. Millions of cubic meters of water meant for irrigation has been allocated for thermal power plants...

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34,000 people ask Pranab Mukherjee for public consultation on No Go issue

Press release | February 17, 2011 at 14:58

New Delhi, Feb 17, 2011: Over 34,000 Indians have called on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to hold an open consultation on the No Go forests versus coal mining issue before taking a decision. Pranab Mukherjee heads the Group of Ministers...

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Indian girl joins Obama on coal satyagraha on top of the world

Press release | October 2, 2009 at 5:30

In a dramatic turn of events, Mumbai girl Faye Lewis today helped a host of world leaders block coal shipment in the Arctic, in a Gandhian bit of decisive action for clean energy.

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Chandrapur MP visits Brikesh and offers his support to Junglistan

Feature story | September 25, 2012 at 14:59

Brikesh Singh, who is living on a tree in Chandrapur, had a special visitor recently. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, the Member of Parliament from the Chandrapur constituency came over to Brikesh’s tree house on September 22 and was all praise for his...

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  • Brikesh Singh bids adieu to..

Brikesh Singh bids adieu to the forest

Feature story | October 1, 2012 at 17:36

Greenpeace activist, Brikesh Singh leaves the tree-house in the forests of Chandrapur today, on October 1. This was his home since September 1 when he decided to embark on a tree-top protest to save our forests. He will now make his way back to...

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Actress Amala Akkineni protests with Greenpeace from Charminar

Feature story | October 8, 2012 at 21:00

The Charminar, was the venue Greenpeace activists chose in Hyderabad to protest against coal mining destroying forests in Central India. On October 8, the first day of the Convention on Biological Diversity being held in the city, activists...

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  • 34,000 लोगों ने की “नो गो ”..

34,000 लोगों ने की “नो गो ” मुद्दे पर प्रणव मुखर्जी से खुली बहस कराने की मांग

Press release | February 17, 2011 at 15:11

नई दिल्ली, 17 फरवरी, 2011 : देश के 34,000 लोगों ने केन्द्रीय वित्त मंत्री प्रणव मुखर्जी से मांग की है कि वे किसी फैसले पर पहुंचने से पहले ‘नो गो फारेस्ट’ (अक्षुण्णं वनक्षेत्र) बनाम कोयला खनन मुद्दे पर सार्वजनिक बहस करायें। इस बहस में वे...

6 Funny Memes on Coal Power Companies' reactions to Truths

6 Funny Memes on Coal Power Companies' reactions to Truths

Blog entry by Grace Saji | May 26, 2017

1. Solar power is cheaper than power from a new coal plant. So there is no need for new coal power plants Image: kym-cdn 2. Solar expansion will disrupt coal power! The competition of solar power is so high that it could...

No fleeing the fly ash curse for Kuruvimedu residents

No fleeing the fly ash curse for Kuruvimedu residents

Blog entry by Karthikeyan Hemalatha | April 5, 2017

A version of this blog was first published on Times of India . Finding Kuruvimedu isn’t easy. It is not on Google Maps. People on the main road didn’t seem to be aware of such a village. Tucked behind NTPC’s coal-based thermal...

From Coal to Solar Goals

From Coal to Solar Goals

Blog entry by Sunil Dahiya | February 21, 2017

Air pollution has been highlighted time and again as the major health emergency that India has faced in the recent times, only now, it got seriously severe. All of us by now have acknowledged that this health hazard is not just the...

How India’s Coal Power Expansion Triggered An Air Pollution Crisis

How India’s Coal Power Expansion Triggered An Air Pollution Crisis

Blog entry by Lauri Myllyvirta | May 25, 2016

In New Delhi, where drivers routinely turn on their emergency indicators to be seen in the winter smog, the air pollution debate has largely focused on two sources of air pollution: cars inside the city and agricultural waste-burning...

The Ghosts of Coal

The Ghosts of Coal

Blog entry by Sajan Ponappa | April 21, 2017

The Ghosts of Coal is a photo-blog which describes the environmental and health problems caused by coal-fired thermal power plants.

Greenpeace activist to live on a tree to protect our forests

Feature story | September 2, 2012 at 13:30

Greenpeace activist Brikesh Singh climbed an Anjan tree in Chandrapur, Maharashtra on Saturday, 1st September. What’s so special about climbing a tree you might ask? Well, Brikesh is not coming down in a hurry; in fact he is going to live on this...

Will of the Majority vs. Manipulative Strength of the Powerful Minority

Will of the Majority vs. Manipulative Strength of the Powerful Minority

Blog entry by Priya Pillai | August 21, 2014

There is a lot of hustle and bustle under the mango tree in Hardayal Singh Gond’s house. The local women are chatting in a group, and not too far away, on the large ‘dari’, the men are also in discussion. There is positivity in the air...

Why the world's biggest coal company has backed down

Why the world's biggest coal company has backed down

Blog entry by Deng Ping and Harri Lammi | April 8, 2014

Last year, Greenpeace decided to do something we had never done before during our 13 years of work in China: target and confront a state owned coal company. And not just any company. The biggest and boldest, a Chinese government...

  • Fool for Forests- Divya Dutta
Fool for Forests- Divya Dutta

Fool for Forests- Divya Dutta

Video | June 14, 2011 at 12:46

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Divya Dutta
Fool for Forests- Divya Dutta

Fool for Forests- Divya Dutta

Video | June 14, 2011 at 12:46

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

LIMA COP 20: Hope and an opportunity for India

LIMA COP 20: Hope and an opportunity for India

Blog entry by Abhishek Pratap | December 1, 2014

It’s that time of the year again when climate and its politics get prominence! Starting today and for the next two weeks, official negotiators, bureaucrats, technocrats, think-tanks, activists, civil society, corporate honchos, trade...

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We took it direct to their offices

We took it direct to their offices

Blog entry by Leila Deen, Greenpeace International | April 19, 2012

Today we took the ‘How Clean is your Cloud’ challenge directly to Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, the three companies which need to switch from dirty coal to clean, renewable power. This challenge follows yesterday’s launch of our...

  • Fool for Forests- Vinay Pathak
Fool for Forests- Vinay Pathak

Fool for Forests- Vinay Pathak

Video | June 14, 2011 at 12:28

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Meiyang..
Fool for Forests- Meiyang Chang

Fool for Forests- Meiyang Chang

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:04

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Darsheel..
Fool for Forests- Darsheel Safary

Fool for Forests- Darsheel Safary

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:13

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Om Puri
Fool for Forests- Om Puri

Fool for Forests- Om Puri

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:23

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Shyam..
Fool for Forests- Shyam Benegal

Fool for Forests- Shyam Benegal

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:32

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests - Salim
Fool for Forests - Salim

Fool for Forests - Salim

Video | June 21, 2011 at 13:12

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Vinay Pathak
Fool for Forests- Vinay Pathak

Fool for Forests- Vinay Pathak

Video | June 14, 2011 at 12:28

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Mahesh Bhatt
Fool for Forests- Mahesh Bhatt

Fool for Forests- Mahesh Bhatt

Video | June 14, 2011 at 12:57

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Mahesh Bhatt
Fool for Forests- Mahesh Bhatt

Fool for Forests- Mahesh Bhatt

Video | June 14, 2011 at 12:57

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Meiyang..
Fool for Forests- Meiyang Chang

Fool for Forests- Meiyang Chang

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:04

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Dipika..
Fool for Forests- Dipika Samson

Fool for Forests- Dipika Samson

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:09

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Darsheel..
Fool for Forests- Darsheel Safary

Fool for Forests- Darsheel Safary

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:13

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Dipika..
Fool for Forests- Dipika Samson

Fool for Forests- Dipika Samson

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:09

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Shaan
Fool for Forests- Shaan

Fool for Forests- Shaan

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:20

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Shaan
Fool for Forests- Shaan

Fool for Forests- Shaan

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:20

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Om Puri
Fool for Forests- Om Puri

Fool for Forests- Om Puri

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:23

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Sonu Sood
Fool for Forests- Sonu Sood

Fool for Forests- Sonu Sood

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:26

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

  • Fool for Forests- Shalini..
Fool for Forests- Shalini Vatsa

Fool for Forests- Shalini Vatsa

Video | June 14, 2011 at 13:29

Forests are in danger as the government plans to mine coal in them. Those who are asking the government to keep the forest safe by using renewable energy and energy efficiency measures are being called foolish! Rather be foolish and save our...

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