KOLKATA, India — An awareness initiative undertaken by Greenpeace India to commemorate Earth Day has attracted the wrath of the Congress Party in Kolkata. With municipal elections looming, Congress officials are upset over hoardings that portray...

BHUBANESWAR, India — Greenpeace today released an evaluation of the performance of the State Government on the turtle-fisheries issue in the 2008-2009 season (1). While the environmental watchdog acknowledged some progress made in terms of fiscal...

BHUBHANESHWAR, India — Greenpeace welcomed the news of return of mass-nesting of Olive Ridley Turtles at Nasi Islands off the Gahirmatha coast. Reports available from the Department of Forests – Wildlife, Government of Orissa suggest that over...

BANGALORE, India — The dialogue between an alliance of environmental organisations and TATA Steel and other promoters of the Dhamra Port hit a dead end on 20 February 2009, after TATA refused to consider any suspension of dredging work at the...

MUMBAI, India — 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...

DELHI, India — A coalition of Indian conservationists, comprising Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), the Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) and Greenpeace India, has called on TATAs to reconsider their Dhamra Deepwater Port [1] in Orissa,...

MUMBAI, India — In the absence of evidence that the TATAs will honour their commitment towards protecting their habitat, the 'olive ridley sea turtles' intensified their protest today by directly taking the issue to Bombay House, the headquarters...

BHUBANESHWAR, India — Greenpeace renewed its call to stop work on the Dhamra port in view of the clear evidence of rare species on the port site and turtle presence in the off-shore waters. It rubbished the allegations of 'report doctoring'...