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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...

What a Sunday!

Blog entry by Shubhra Chaturvedi | July 13, 2017

Sundays are my favourite days, and not for the same reason as most of you. I work 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and I couldn't have been more happy. I quit my corporate job a year and half ago and followed my heart that resided in...

Make a Weekend Getaway Instead of Finding One!

Blog entry by Ruhie Kumar | August 16, 2017

I am an Indian, living in the capital for the past four years. Today, the nation is 70 years old. I remember how in my younger days in school, one portion of our academics was dedicated to the freedom struggle. The dates, events,...

No Trees, No Future, Save KBR

Blog entry by Ali Abbas | May 16, 2016

Amid the record high temperature that Hyderabad is facing this summer, news broke out that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation ( GHMC)  is planning to chop down 3100 trees across city to widen the roads and lay the flyovers. We...

Utmost faith in corporations? You must be kidding me!

Blog entry by Nandikesh Sivalingam | December 3, 2014

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, the Bhopal gas tragedy, the deadliest in human history. The aftereffects continue to haunt the Bhopalis even after the victims’ 3rd generation has been born.

India Chooses Public Health for Now

Blog entry by Sunil Dahiya | April 2, 2017

March 28, 2017, was a landmark day for clean air supporters in India when the Supreme Court acknowledged the importance of  public health over commercial interests. The statement that the Court made regarding the health of people being...

This Republic Day I pledge for a Clean Air Nation

Blog entry by Sana Ahmad | January 27, 2016

It is India’s 67 th Republic day and I am about to travel to Bangalore. Airports always seem like an interesting place to contemplate and reflect over one’s purpose of existence , finding parallels between one’s actions and beliefs...

We Will Defeat Climate Change - Through Cooperation

Blog entry by Jennifer Morgan and Bunny McDiarmid | April 22, 2016

Today, on Earth Day, more than 165 countries sign a global agreement to protect our environment - the  Paris Climate Agreement  - at the first opportunity, a  record turnout  for an international agreement. This is an encouraging...

This is what democracy in India looks like

Blog entry by Divya Raghunandan | June 6, 2015

Ever since the leak of an alleged Intelligence Bureau in June 2014, the task of civil society groups in contributing to a sustainable future for India has become a lot harder. My role as the Program Director of Greenpeace India has...

Life of a fundraiser

Blog entry by Praveen Kumar | October 8, 2014

I'm from Warangal, Telangana. Recently, I completed five years in Greenpeace Hyderabad as a fundraiser. My journey has gone through many ups and downs. But despite that, it has been very exciting. Before joining Greenpeace Hyderabad, I...

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