MOSCOW, Russian Federation — The Russian Parliament voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol today in a body blow to George W Bush's opposition to action on climate change.
BANGALORE, India — Greenpeace India joined the world in welcoming the Kyoto Protocol – an international agreement to cut down greenhouse gas emissions, with its youth members celebrating the day at the Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain, Bangalore...
BHUBANESHWAR, India — Greenpeace today hailed the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (OERC) recent order directing GRIDCO and other electricity distribution licensees and trading companies in the state to compulsorily purchase 200 million...
BHUBANESHWAR, India — In a historic win for the clean energy movement, the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has just thrown down the gauntlet for the giants of industry. Its directive, quite simply, compels GRIDCO and other...
MONTREAL, Canada — From meeting rooms in Montreal to coal-fired power plants in Germany and Thailand to ports hosting shiploads of illegal nuclear waste, Greenpeace has been in action against global warming around the world in the last two weeks.
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,...
Tackling dangerous climate change is the biggest challenge facing us all. Fortunately there is an answer to this challenge. Our report: ‘energy [r]evolution’, details how to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050, using existing technology and still...
ALLAHABAD/NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace challenged Governments to step up to the plate and take immediate action, after the strongest warnings yet from the international scientific community on the threat of dangerous climate change unless...
CHENNAI, India — Greenpeace India today sent a strong message about the hazard of climate change caused by the excessive burning of coal. Greenpeace activists beamed messages on the Ennore Coal Power Plant to highlight the fact that coal is one...
Renewable energy, combined with efficiencies from the ‘smart use’ of energy, can deliver half of India’s primary energy needs by 2050, according to the report: ‘Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable Energy Outlook for India’ launched today. ...
KYOTO, Japan — When one of Asia’s leading institutions says it’s serious about funding the solutions to climate change that makes us happy. But when we discover that this commitment goes no further than a glossy brochure, we can't let that pass.
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...
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...
KOLKATA, India — Greenpeace activists today scaled a 250 ft smokestack spewing carbon dioxide at the Kolaghat coal fired power station to paint the message "SMOKING KILLS". No, Greenpeace hasn't embarked on an anti smoking drive, nor are they...
KOLKATA, India — Residents of Sagar Island today joined hands with Greenpeace to start a Mangrove planting drive. An initiative led by Professor Sugata Hazra from Jadavapur University*, this will arrest the rate of coastal erosion due to Global...
CHENNAI, India — Greenpeace today sent a strong message about the hazard of climate change caused by the excessive burning of coal. Greenpeace activists launched inflatables from the Rainbow Warrior at 12.45pm today to label a coal shipment...
CHENNAI, India — After a two week long tour of the East Coast of India, Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace flagship sailed out of Indian waters today. These two weeks were marked by a series of actions by Greenpeace that highlighted the impacts of...
MUMBAI, India — Mumbai, Dec 2, 2007: Highlighting the mother of all ironies, Greenpeace activists parodied the ‘Car Mileage Rally’ organized to raise awareness on climate change, by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) and...
VARANASI, India — On the eve of the Global Day of Action on Climate Greenpeace highlighted the threat from global warming to the Ganges and called for an Energy [R]evolution[i] to save the iconic river from drying up. A flotilla of local boats...
BANGALORE, India — More than 500 Bangaloreans participated in 'The Green Run- Energy Revolution Now' Marathon to highlight the threat of climate change and the urgent need to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy options to address...
NEW DELHI, India — How many light bulbs can 1 billion people change? About 400 million wasteful incandescent bulbs, in India’s case.Today, India has put in place a market mechanism that will phase out incandescent bulbs, making way for a cleaner...
DELHI, India — As the country goes into elections, and political heads reiterate platitudes of bijli for the aam aadmi (electricity for all), Greenpeace released the second version of the ‘Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable India Energy Outlook’.
JALKA, India — Greenpeace and the villagers of Jalka today celebrated the arrival of clean and reliable energy in two schools, which set up solar panels to power 10 fans and a computer. “Now my children have a future” said Kalavati, Jalka’s most...
A few days back, students from Jalka experienced the benefits of electricity from solar energy, a source of clean, reliable, renewable energy. This is exactly what the villagers demanded of politicians they met in Delhi.
By adopting solar power, Kalavati is now the new symbol of energy security in the country. Political parties are in no position to deliver “electricity for all by 2012,” unless they embrace the Energy Revolution.
NEW DELHI, India — A day before the announcement of the cabinet, Greenpeace urged the young Ministers of Parliament to stand up to the 21st century challenge of making India prosperous by leading a Renewable Energy Revolution and saving the...
BANGALORE, India — Greenpeace and students from various colleges in the city, today, raised alarm about the increasing threat of climate change on the Indian monsoon while conducting climate raids across various shops in the city today. Activists...
Citizens, aspiring to be 'Green Idols', sign the petition at Church Street, Bangalore, along with Greenpeace activists, urging local MPs to support the demand for a Renewable Energy Law in the country.
MUMBAI, India — With Mumbai being listed amongst the mega cities most vulnerable to the threat of climate change, Greenpeace launched a Climate Rescue Station at the Carter road promenade. The station, in the form of a huge Life-Boat is symbolic...
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.
NEW DELHI, India — On the eve of the winter parliament session, more than 100 farmers and young people representing all eleven districts in Vidarbha, held a protest at the doorstep of the Ministry of Social Justice to highlight the injustice of...
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An Energy Revolution is not just possible, it's already happening. Here's a few amazing facts about renewable energy that the world ought to know.
In India, because our energy infrastructure is not fully developed as yet, we have the opportunity to make the right choices today. We can choose between abundantly available renewable and sustainable energy that is the way the world is going to...
Bihar, with a large portion of its population still having no access to electricity and having one of the largest energy deficits in the country, is an ideal state to showcase a decentralized energy development paradigm.
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The dawn breaks at Bihttiharwa Gandhi Ashram with sound of loud bhajans from some distant temple. People woke up half asleep, still struggling to get over the tiredness of the last day's journey. But out of that still sleepy lot there...
Our next stop was the city of fishes-Madhubani. Amazing scenic beauty welcomed us and the greenery soothed our eyes. The land famous for its paintings is at present suffering from severe power shortage. Artists here, find it difficult...
After the Bhagalpur event got over, the yatra bus reached Thatha panchayat, Khagariya for malyarpan. Here we found a group of aware individuals especially women, some of whom worked for an NGO called Navjagriti. This organisation works...
Monks from Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan and Korean amongst other monasteries joined the Urja Kranti Yatra in releasing hundreds of sky lanterns, wishing for an energy revolution in Bihar. Only a paradigm shift in the energy infrastructure,...
Patna 20th October 2010: Greenpeace today unveiled the “Urja Kranti Kendra”, a four-storey high globe powered entirely by solar energy, to drive home the message that Bihar could take a lead by choosing renewable energy (RE) to solve its power...
Patna doesn't have much in the way of social spaces. Its efforts are pretty much encapsulated in the Gandhi Maidan, a wide square of scrubby grass in the centre of town, and people flock to it. The evening scene there on Friday...
In all the spin from fossil fuels and nuclear industries, it is easy to start believing that renewable energy can't get us out of the climate change hole. Think again - not only is an Energy [R]evolution happening, it's already...
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