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Greenpeace says European banks under pressure to reconsider financing Jaitapur

Press release | March 24, 2011 at 14:29

Mumbai, 22nd March, 2011: Greenpeace today questioned India’s stated position that reactors were a “100% safe”. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Yves Marignac, a renowned international consultant on nuclear and energy issues, said, “The...

Manmohan and Chavan’s office to receive more than 21000 faxes opposing Jaitapur

Press release | May 5, 2011 at 12:59

Bangalore/New Delhi May 4, 2011: Demanding an immediate halt to the Jaitapur project till a comprehensive review of the nuclear policy is conducted; Greenpeace today began faxing people’s petitions to the Prime Minister’s Office and also to the...

India’s energy programme is anti-poor and carbon-intensive

Press release | November 17, 2009 at 12:22

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today released a report – “Still Waiting” – which reveals that despite growth in electricity generation – and increasing carbon emissions – the rural poor continue to be deprived of electricity. The report challenges...

Cost of renewable energy 10 times cheaper than "business as usual" Fossil fuelled...

Press release | July 6, 2007 at 20:01

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS, India — Investing in a renewable electricity future will save 10 times the fuel costs of a "business as usual" fossil-fuelled scenario, saving $180 billion USD annually and cut CO 2 emissions in half by 2030, according to a...

Launch of the world's first comprehensive global energy strategy for tackling climate...

Press release | January 25, 2007 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Renewable energy, combined with efficiencies from the 'smart use' of energy, can deliver half of the world's energy needs by 2050, according to one of the most comprehensive plans for future sustainable energy provision,...

Greenpeace condemns crackdown on anti-nuclear protesters

Press release | March 19, 2012 at 19:22

March 19, 2012: Greenpeace today condemned undemocratic arrest of the local people protesting against the commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant. The environmental watchdog alleged that Jayalaitha’s decision comes due to intense...

Reactors

Page | June 27, 2006 at 15:44

All commercial nuclear reactors of the present generation are based on designs originally developed for military plutonium production or for the propulsion of nuclear submarines or other navy vessels. Although there are different ways of...

Villagers protest Jaitapur nuclear plant

Feature story | December 5, 2010 at 15:14

Jaitapur, 4, December, 2010: On the occasion of French President Sarkozy’s visit to India, thousands of villagers defied the draconian law of section 144 imposed in Jaitapur today to form a human chain at the proposed nuclear plant site.

Energy revolution = money saved

Press release | July 6, 2007 at 5:30

US$180 billion. Per year. That's the massive amount of money the world could save by moving to a renewable energy future. The Future Investment report demonstrates that a safe renewable energy future would not only cut our global CO2 emissions...

The real foreign hand

Feature story | March 1, 2012 at 21:20

We express shock and indignation at the recent statement the PM of India has made suggesting that anti-nuclear and anti-GM protests have been stoked by NGOs representing a ‘foreign hand’. According to the PM, these NGOs that have no concern for...

2007 review

Feature story | January 8, 2008 at 16:29

Like many of you around the world, we also like to take time at the beginning of the new year to look back at the one just passed, to toast its high points and to regret its lows, to take stock and to look forward to the possibilities and...

Mumbai kids to Hillary “SOS - Stop Climate Change”

Feature story | July 18, 2009 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — Children from the Bal Jivan Trust, who were visiting the Greenpeace Climate Rescue Station on Carter Road today, had a message for Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, United States of America, asking that the world’s biggest...

IPCC report lays out options

Feature story | May 10, 2007 at 14:39

BANGKOK, Thailand — Renewable energy and energy efficiency are vital. The next two decades are crucial. Changing our energy use is less costly than changing our climate. These are findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

France's Nuclear Failures

Page | April 1, 2009 at 14:13

France's nuclear 'success story' is a 50-year history of failures, detailed in our briefing on The Global Chance report "Nuclear power, the great illusion: promises, setbacks and threats" (PDF), and summarised in the seven points below.

Statement by the Greenpeace Executive Director for the 60th Anniversary of the...

Page | August 3, 2005 at 19:48

On this anniversary which reminds us about war and the horror war brings, Greenpeace - once again - commits itself to creating peace.

Fukushima radiation briefing

Page | March 19, 2011 at 21:52

This Greenpeace briefing to provide analysis and advice of the risks and potential health impacts following releases of radioactivity from Japan’s Fukushima 1/Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was damaged by the March 11th earthquake and...

Greenpeace to audit the centralised RGGVY scheme as Srikakulam reels in an energy crisis

Press release | March 31, 2011 at 12:38

Vishakhapatnam, 31st March 2011: In the backdrop of rising power crisis in Andhra Pradesh, Greenpeace along with Bapuji Rural Enlightenment Development Society (BREDS) launched the first social audit of Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana...

Greenpeace delivers 13,000 petitions to the CM’s office

Press release | April 26, 2011 at 17:24

Mumbai, April 26, 2011: On the occasion of 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Greenpeace today delivered around 13,000 petitions against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear project to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Prithviraj...

Russian president’s visit cannot be the reason to not protest

Press release | December 24, 2012 at 20:30

New Delhi, 24 December, 2012: Yesterday’s brutal crackdown on peaceful protestors was amplified when Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that the protestors should maintain calm because of Russian President’s visit. [1]

People Power Over Nukes

Feature story | September 29, 2010 at 13:37

The nuclear liability bill was withdrawn in the first half of the budget session in 2010, and the motion to introduce it in the second session was not supported by the opposition. The opposition questioned the legislative competence of the bill...

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