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  • Ship Owners to Blame for..

Ship Owners to Blame for Alang's Pollution: Greenpeace

Press release | September 8, 2001 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — In less than 20 years, pollution in Alang due to shipbreaking has reached levels prevalent in highly contaminated industrial areas in Europe with more than 200 years of industrial activity, according to a new Greenpeace report...

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  • LEVER, CLEAN UP, DON'T..

LEVER, CLEAN UP, DON'T COVER UP

Press release | March 9, 2001 at 5:30

MUMBAI/ CHENNAI, India — Palni Hills Conservation Council, United Citizens Council of Kodaikanal, Greenpeace and New Delhi-based Toxics Link have dismissed as an "insensitive PR exercise" Hindustan Lever's official response of temporarily...

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  • Activists Expose Hindustan..

Activists Expose Hindustan Lever’s Illegal Mercury Waste Dumps in Kodaikanal,India

Press release | August 7, 1999 at 5:30

KODAIKANAL, India — Community groups and activists from Greenpeace, Palni Hills Conservation Council (PHCC) cordoned off a local scrapyard containing several tons of mercury-contaminated broken thermometers from Hindustan Lever’s thermometer...

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  • World Bank acknowledges..

World Bank acknowledges CETPs are failure

Press release | December 20, 1999 at 5:30

GANDHI NAGAR, India — GANDHINAGAR The World Bank has written to Greenpeace admitting that CETPs "fail to address toxic effluents." This admission comes less than two weeks after Greenpeace and community groups from South Gujarat took action...

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  • Foreign Toxic wastes dumped..

Foreign Toxic wastes dumped in Mumbai:Greenpeace

Press release | June 9, 1999 at 5:30

BOMBAY, India — The Mumbai Customs are stuck with more than 160 containers of hazardous wastes that were illegally exported to India by traders in the Middle East, according to information available with Greenpeace and Basel Action Network.

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  • Greenpeace pulls plug on..

Greenpeace pulls plug on dirty electronics

Press release | May 23, 2005 at 18:22

Greenpeace called on dirty electronics companies to clean up their act today, starting with toxic tech giant, Hewlett-Packard. At 08.00 this morning, 15 Greenpeace activists delivered a truckload of electronic waste to the company's European...

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  • Denmark Asks India to..

Denmark Asks India to Return Illegal Toxic Ship

Press release | April 19, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — On 15 April, 2005, the Danish environmental minister, Connie Hedegaard, sent a fax letter (1) to her counterpart, the Indian environment minister Mr. A. Raja, warning him that a toxic ship-for-scrap carrying carcinogenic...

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  • Vote for a Clean, Green India

Vote for a Clean, Green India

Feature story | March 1, 2004 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — As we head towards the 14th Lok Sabha elections and we challenge political contenders from various parties to show actual concern for their electorate and the environment that they live in. We also invite the people of India to...

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  • Solidarity for Bhopal in..

Solidarity for Bhopal in Chennai

Feature story | February 21, 2004 at 5:30

CHENNAI, India — Chennai 21st Feb, 2004: Greenpeace activists demanding justice for the survivors of the Bhopal Gas Disaster were joined by the people of Chennai on 21st February 2004. Hundreds of people on Elliot’s Beach in Besant Nagar, Chennai...

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  • World Social Forum 2004

World Social Forum 2004

Feature story | January 16, 2004 at 5:30

MUMBAI, India — GREENPEACE AT WSF MUMBAI

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  • Egypt takes the right stand
Egypt takes the right stand

Egypt takes the right stand

Press release | January 13, 2006 at 5:30

Greenpeace activists who climbed the Clemenceau and chained themselves to its mast for over 30 hours, today disembarked from the aircraft carrier following the decision of the Egyptian EPA to deny the Clemenceau passage through the Suez Canal.

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  • Cops arrest Greenpeace..
Cops arrest Greenpeace activists, government ignores illegal e-waste import

Cops arrest Greenpeace activists, government ignores illegal e-waste import

Press release | October 4, 2007 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today confronted the Union Commerce Ministry with evidence of the ongoing illegal import of electronic wastes into the country, in the name of reuse and charity. Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance to Udyog...

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  • Highlights of 2004
Highlights of 2004

Highlights of 2004

Feature story | January 2, 2005 at 5:30

As the year 2005 begins, it is time for us to take stock of the year that was, and bring you the highlights of our work and our victories. Although the Tsunami disaster has quite literally dwarfed everything else for now, it is nonetheless...

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  • Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace..
Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities call for action on World Water Day.

Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities call for action on World...

Press release | March 22, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — On the occasion of World Water Day, Greenpeace activists, along with representatives of pollution-impacted communities from different states of India, staged a massive public rally in New Delhi to protest the absence of any...

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  • Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace..
Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities call for action on World Water Day.

Bahut Ho Gaya! Greenpeace and pollution-impacted communities call for action on World...

Feature story | March 22, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — On the occasion of World Water Day, Greenpeace activists, along with representatives of pollution-impacted communities from different states of India, staged a massive public rally in New Delhi to protest the absence of any...

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  • French War Ship Headed to..
French War Ship Headed to India Despite Protests

French War Ship Headed to India Despite Protests

Feature story | February 1, 2005 at 5:30

BOMBAY, India — The Clemenceau, a 33,000-tonne French military warship is headed to Alang, Gujarat for ship breaking. It is expected to arrive there in the first quarter of 2005. This vessel is known to contain hazardous chemicals, because of...

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  • India alerted on toxic ship
India alerted on toxic ship

India alerted on toxic ship

Feature story | August 3, 2004 at 5:30

ALANG, India — Following reports of the intended export of the controversial French Aircraft Carrier, ‘Clemenceau’ to India for recycling, Greenpeace urged the Indian authorities to keep in mind that this toxic behemoth has been rejected by...

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  • New Leadership and Renewed..

New Leadership and Renewed Focus at Greenpeace IndiaNew Leadership and Renewed Focus...

Press release | January 20, 2016 at 15:09

New Delhi/ Bangalore | 20 January 2015: Highly respected environmentalist Dr Ravi Chellam has assumed charge as Greenpeace India’s Executive Director earlier this month. A wildlife biologist and conservation scientist by training, Ravi will...

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  • Was Jaitapur site given..

Was Jaitapur site given clearance without conclusive studies, questions Greenpeace

Press release | January 22, 2016 at 19:19

New Delhi, 22 January 2016: There are close to 16 fault lines near the Jaitapur nuclear project site, according to a 2006 Geological Survey of India. While the project has been given an ‘in-principle’ site approval, and the preliminary...

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  • Compromising childhood:..

Compromising childhood: Greenpeace unravels “Alarming levels of cancer-causing heavy...

Press release | January 13, 2016 at 18:30

New Delhi 14th January 2016- Greenpeace India’s scientific analysis has revealed high concentrations of heavy metals inside classrooms of different schools across Delhi between October-November. A report released on Thursday showed the samples...

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  • Greenpeace India's..

Greenpeace India's registration cancelled; move a demonstration of MHA's intolerance...

Press release | November 6, 2015 at 16:12

November 6, 2015: Greenpeace India Society has just received notice from the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies, summarily announcing cancellation of its registration as a society. While several international leaders, including the United Nations...

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  • Greenpeace calls People for..

Greenpeace calls People for “Clean Air Nation” ahead of Delhi’s First Car Free Day...

Press release | October 18, 2015 at 22:58

New Delhi, 18 October 2015: Greenpeace on Sunday organised an event at Dilli Haat to inform people about the need to protect them from air pollution and to gather people’s support. The event calls on the government to make urgent improvements to...

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  • Delhi just the tip of the..

Delhi just the tip of the air pollution iceberg: Greenpeace analyses NAQI data across...

Press release | December 15, 2015 at 18:16

New Delhi 15th December 2015: A ranking of the 17 cities covered by the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) was released by Greenpeace India today, and reveals data to challenge the complacence of the Central and State Governments regarding cities...

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  • Greenpeace resolves to..

Greenpeace resolves to resist attempts to shut it down.

Press release | November 14, 2015 at 19:01

You can’t sink a rainbow! You can’t muzzle dissent in a democracy.

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  • Greenpeace launches Clean..

Greenpeace launches Clean Air Nation Movement: Calls on government to deliver...

Press release | September 22, 2015 at 19:21

New Delhi 22nd September - Greenpeace India today launched the Clean Air Nation1 movement, calling on the government to make urgent improvements to the National Air Quality Index (NAQI), as a first step towards securing what the Government has...

The Perils of Throw-Away Economy

The Perils of Throw-Away Economy

Blog entry by Manjari Sharma | January 10, 2018

The Plasticky Problem 500,000,000,000 per year. Wondering what that figure is? It’s the number of plastic bottles produced by the beverage industry around the world every.single.year. 500 billion bottles lovingly filled with...

2007 review

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...

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  • Madras HC grants Greenpeace..

Madras HC grants Greenpeace interim stay over FCRA cancellation

Press release | September 16, 2015 at 15:20

Chennai/New Delhi, 16 September 2015: The Courts have protected Greenpeace against arbitrary action taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the fourth time in less than one year. A case challenging MHA’s decision to cancel Greenpeace’s...

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  • Greenpeace statement in..

Greenpeace statement in response to the cancellation of its FCRA licence

Press release | September 3, 2015 at 22:27

The Greenpeace legal team has learnt that the Ministry of Home Affairs has notified the Delhi High Court that Greenpeace’s FCRA registration has been cancelled. This news comes just a day before a scheduled hearing at the Delhi High Court that...

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  • Greenpeace recreates iconic..

Greenpeace recreates iconic Bollywood posters to highlight nationwide crackdown on...

Press release | September 4, 2015 at 15:24

New Delhi, 4 September 2015: The Ministry of Home Affairs has filed an affidavit informing the Delhi High Court that Greenpeace India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence has been cancelled (1). Although the court hearing...

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  • Greenpeace India Director..

Greenpeace India Director tells staff: ‘one month left to fight’ before shutdown

Press release | May 5, 2015 at 16:56

New Delhi | May 5, 2015| Greenpeace India has one month left to fight for its survival with the threat of an imminent shutdown looming large. The NGO has been left with funds for staff salaries and office costs that will last for just about a...

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  • Media Briefing: Greenpeace..

Media Briefing: Greenpeace India’s response to MHA’s show cause notice of 9th April 2015

Press release | May 8, 2015 at 16:27

8th May 2015 -- Greenpeace India today delivered a comprehensive rebuttal of allegations made by the ministry of home affairs over its internal finances and its compliance with the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA).

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  • Greenpeace strongly rebuts..

Greenpeace strongly rebuts MHA allegations; demands unblocking of domestic accounts

Press release | May 8, 2015 at 17:32

New Delhi, May 8th, 2015 -- Greenpeace India today submitted a comprehensive rebuttal[1] to allegations contained in the MHA’s ‘show cause notice’, dated April 9th and has demanded the immediate unblocking of its domestic bank accounts. The...

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  • Greenpeace celebrates..

Greenpeace celebrates ‘justice’ as Priya Pillai’s offload stamp is finally removed

Press release | May 13, 2015 at 17:36

New Delhi| 13th May 2015| At around 2pm this afternoon, Greenpeace India campaigner Priya Pillai visited the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Delhi to have the ‘offload’ stamp officially expunged from her passport. The action...

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  • Delhi High Court accepts..

Delhi High Court accepts Greenpeace India’s writ petition; tells MHA to respond

Press release | May 18, 2015 at 15:52

New Delhi| May 18, 2015| The Delhi High Court today agreed to rule on Greenpeace India’s legal challenge to the MHA’s decision to suspend its FCRA license and block the group’s international and national bank accounts.

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  • Greenpeace India to keep..

Greenpeace India to keep fighting in June after surge in support from staff and allies

Press release | May 21, 2015 at 15:23

New Delhi, Thursday 21 May 2015 - Greenpeace India today announced that it has seen a surge in support from civil society allies, new donors and its own staff which will allow the organisation to keep basic functions running for one more month.

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  • Delhi High court orders MHA..

Delhi High court orders MHA to allow access to Greenpeace India’s domestic accounts

Feature story | May 27, 2015 at 17:45

The Delhi High Court today ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to allow access to Greenpeace India’s two main domestic bank accounts, which will let the organisation receive new donations and access the vast majority of its existing funds.

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  • Nothing momentous in the..

Nothing momentous in the Modi-Obama statement on climate change Agreement on phase...

Press release | January 25, 2015 at 19:58

New Delhi|January 24, 2015| Greenpeace India expressed disappointment at the joint announcement by Prime Minister Modi and President Obama as it didn’t go beyond rhetoric and the usual platitudes.

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  • Nothing momentous in the..

Nothing momentous in the Modi-Obama statement on climate change

Feature story | January 25, 2015 at 20:13

Greenpeace India expressed disappointment at the joint announcement by Prime Minister Modi and President Obama as it didn’t go beyond rhetoric and the usual platitudes.

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  • Greenpeace Activist Priya..

Greenpeace Activist Priya Pillai files writ petition in Delhi High Court

Press release | January 27, 2015 at 16:51

New Delhi | 27 January 2015| Greenpeace activist,Priya Pillai today filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court challenging her illegal and arbitrary offloading at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi.

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  • Priya Pillai files writ..

Priya Pillai files writ petition in Delhi High Court

Publication | January 27, 2015 at 17:15

Following the unfortunate incident with me at the New Delhi International Airport on January 11, I have filed a writ petition in the High Court of Delhi challenging the illegal and arbitrary nature in which I was ‘offloaded’ on my trip to the UK.

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  • Greenpeace Activist Priya..

Greenpeace Activist Priya Pillai files writ petition in Delhi High Court

Feature story | January 27, 2015 at 17:13

Greenpeace activist, Priya Pillai has filed a writ petition on 27 January 2015, in the Delhi High Court challenging her illegal and arbitrary offloading at the Delhi International Airport on 11 January.

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  • Dissenting views not..

Dissenting views not anti-national: HC tells ASG on Priya Pillai Offloading Case

Press release | February 6, 2015 at 16:18

New Delhi| February 6, 2015| Hearing Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai’s writ petition on her arbitrary offloading from a London-bound flight on January 11, the Delhi High Court today told the Additional Solicitor General that a different point...

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  • Greenpeace to wait for the..

Greenpeace to wait for the government's official statement before the court in Priya...

Press release | February 12, 2015 at 16:57

On February 11, media reports surfaced quoting unnamed government officials justifying the travel ban on Greenpeace India’s Priya Pillai on the basis that she was “presenting a negative image of the country” abroad. The unnamed officials said...

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  • Delhi children breath..

Delhi children breath toxic air, reveals Greenpeace air-monitoring survey in schools

Press release | February 16, 2015 at 17:03

Publicising reliable air quality data along with a set of Precautionary Measures are the first steps needed to tackle the issue of air pollution in Delhi

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  • Priya Pillai denounces..

Priya Pillai denounces Government “gag” offer

Press release | February 18, 2015 at 19:29

Court adjourned till tomorrow

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  • Waidhan District Court..

Waidhan District Court dismisses Essar’s plea against Greenpeace

Press release | February 20, 2015 at 18:25

Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh | 20 February, 2015| As government battles it out with Greenpeace on the Priya Pillai offloading case, the NGO won an interim plea against Essar’s attempt to enforce restrictions on Greenpeace at the District Court in...

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  • Mahan forests inviolate– No..

Mahan forests inviolate– No Go for mining says MoEF

Press release | February 24, 2015 at 12:48

New Delhi| February 24, 2015| In an Office Memorandum of the Ministry of the Environment Forests and Climate Change – dated 22nd December 2014 and secured through an RTI request – it is clearly stated that even though the Mahan project has been...

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  • Greenpeace Campaigner..

Greenpeace Campaigner demands explanation on alleged ‘lookout circular’ against her

Press release | January 12, 2015 at 16:46

New Delhi, 12 January 2015: A day after Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was ‘offloaded’ and barred from leaving the country she has shot a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Pillai, a senior campaigner with the organisation has demanded...

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  • Greenpeace Activists Take..

Greenpeace Activists Take Pro Solar Message to the Temple of the Sun in Machu Picchu...

Press release | December 2, 2014 at 13:17

Machu Picchu, Peru| 1, December 2014| Seven Greenpeace activists today projected the message "Act for the climate! Go solar!" onto the hill of Wayna Picchu to mark the beginning of the end of coal- and oil-driven economies. As the UN climate...

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