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Hyderabad Can Lead a Rooftop Solar Revolution

Press release | April 11, 2018 at 10:53

Historic Hyderabad can be a clean energy champion while benefiting from cheaper power and reduced air pollution

Piyush Goyal’s Predicament

Press release | October 5, 2016 at 19:24

New Delhi| October 5, 2016| Greenpeace India lauds Power Minister Piyush Goyal for questioning the excessive past investments in coal, and for highlighting the ‘irrational investments in adding generating capacity’ under the previous government.

Indo-Japanese Nuclear Agreement Amounts to Nuclear Proliferation in Asia

Press release | November 10, 2016 at 14:43

New Delhi/ Tokyo, 10 November 2016 --The signing of the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between Japan and India, will not save Westinghouse/Toshiba’s failing nuclear business, nor will it deliver safe energy for the people of India. Instead, it...

Switch Off Diesel

Hub | May 17, 2011 at 15:14

The Indian telecom industry is well placed to lead the nation toward prosperous low-carbon economic model. Greenpeace challenges the telecom industry to decouple its staggering growth from continued reliance on fossil fuels, dirty diesel in...

Switch On The Sun- Greenpeace India Applauds Delhi Government Adoption Of Solar...

Feature story | June 7, 2016 at 19:03

New Delhi | 7th June 2016| Delhi got its much awaited solar policy on Monday. The Delhi government unveiled and approved the solar policy in the cabinet meeting.

Coal versus Forest

Hub | July 19, 2012 at 17:15

We must stop the Government from cutting down giant areas of forest in Central India to get the coal that lies beneath.

Greenpeace Welcomes Phasing Out Of Aging Coal Power Plants

Feature story | May 11, 2016 at 19:10

New Delhi 9th May 2016| Greenpeace India welcomed the Central Electricity Commission Chairman’s statement that indicated phasing out aging coal-fired power plants and called it a ‘step in the right direction’.

Nuclear

Hub | September 28, 2010 at 12:58

In reality nuclear power could, on the industry’s best estimates, make only a negligible contribution to CO2 reduction even in case of unprecedented growth. The expert committee on an integrated energy policy set up by the Planning Commission...

Quit Coal

Hub | September 23, 2010 at 13:45

There is a huge surge in coal mining and the number of coal fired power plants in the guise of meeting electricity demands and development for the country. However coal cannot deliver India’s growth and development aspirations beyond a few years.

Bihar’s First Solar Powered Cold Storage in Kedia

Press release | August 13, 2016 at 20:35

Patna 13th August: Greenpeace volunteers celebrated alongside farmers in Kedia, as the Bihar Labour Resources Minister Vijay Prakash inaugurated the state’s first ever solar powered cold storage in Kedia, Jamui on Saturday.

Energy Revolution

Hub | September 23, 2010 at 12:54

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...

Feasibility of Renewable Energy Power in Orissa

Publication | April 5, 2005 at 5:30

Dharnai Goes LIVE Powered by Greenpeace’s First Solar Microgrid

Feature story | July 20, 2014 at 13:00

The miracle wasn’t caused by any divine intervention but by the sheer determination of Greenpeace India and the residents of Dharnai who came together to make the impossible happen.

Oil companies out of the deep seas!

Press release | July 14, 2010 at 5:30

Oil-smudged Greenpeace activists awaited the arrival in Brussels of 18 CEOs from some of the world’s biggest oil companies for a meeting today with EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger and environment commissioner Janez Potočnik to discuss...

Climate Change = Water Crisis

Feature story | July 17, 2009 at 5:30

DELHI, India — 25 Greenpeace activists queued up outside the Reserve Bank of India to deposit 100’s of pots of water for safe keeping to highlight the issue of the growing water crisis fuelled by climate change. The activists unfurled a banner...

Climate Change = Water Crisis

Press release | July 17, 2009 at 5:30

DELHI, India — 25 Greenpeace activists queued up outside the Reserve Bank of India to deposit 100’s of pots of water for safe keeping to highlight the issue of the growing water crisis fuelled by climate change. The activists unfurled a banner...

Greenpeace challenges ADB to choose: Irrelevance or Leadership?

Press release | May 4, 2006 at 5:30

HYDERABAD, India — Borrowing words from a Buddhist tenet Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner that read: “There are only two mistakes one can make in fighting climate change: not starting, and not going all the way!”

Asian Development Bank 39th Annual Meeting Opens in Hyderabad

Press release | May 2, 2006 at 5:30

HYDERABAD, India — Will the ADB Fund Climate Change or Fight It?

Oil spill devastates Alaska... again

Feature story | December 14, 2004 at 5:30

UNALASKA, United States — Fifteen years after the Exxon Valdez devastated the Alaskan coast, another oil spill is making headlines. Greenpeace is on the scene.

Bharti Airtel makes a move towards sustainability

Feature story | January 18, 2013 at 15:04

Two years ago Greenpeace India and lakhs of mobile phone users like us started asking Bharti Airtel to switch-off diesel. The company has taken the first step by releasing its first-ever sustainability report.

Delhi can switch-on the sun

Hub | April 17, 2013 at 13:29

With renewable energy, Delhi can produce its own energy. It will not have to depend on coal which is destroying forests and and pollution by it is responsible for killing people. Thermal power plants are using and polluting water which could have...

Ask Sunil Mittal to fulfill Bharti Airtel's promise

Action | May 17, 2011 at 17:00

Email Sunil Mittal, tell him to get Bharti Airtel to switch off diesel and keep his promise

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LIVE ACTION: Greenpeace activists at Airtel office

Action | June 27, 2011 at 17:00

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Email Sunil Mittal - Ask Him to Switch Off Diesel

Action | May 17, 2011 at 17:00

Email Sunil Mittal, tell him to get Bharti Airtel to switch off diesel and use renewable energy to power their telecom towers.

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Action | May 17, 2011 at 17:00

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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.

ADB asked to stop funding dirty energy projects

Press release | May 4, 2006 at 21:07

Thai civil society groups challenged the Asian Development Bank (ADB)to stop funding socially and environmentally harmful projects at its upcoming Annual General Meeting.

Comments and suggestions on the DERC proposal on Net Metering and Connectivity with...

Publication | December 17, 2013 at 13:55

This is a letter to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) of New Delhi, India from Greenpeace.

DERC proposal on net metering and connectivity in rooftop solar PV projects is...

Press release | December 19, 2013 at 12:18

New Delhi, 17th December 2013: Greenpeace submitted its suggestions and objections to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) proposal on net metering and connectivity in respect of rooftop solar here on Monday.

Bihar village declares independence from darkness and anonymity

Press release | July 20, 2014 at 13:26

Greenpeace’s first solar-powered micro-grid in Bihar kicks off with village ceremony

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission has potential

Press release | November 23, 2009 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace welcomed the Government’s ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), which was released today, a few days before the Climate summit at Copenhagen.

It’s anomaly reigning

Feature story | June 24, 2009 at 5:30

No doubt the monsoons are changing with the altering weather patterns. There is growing evidence suggesting that climate change is playing a significant role in altering the Indian monsoon patterns. What is not clear is how the precipitation...

Why New Coal

Feature story | January 15, 2009 at 5:30

Coal is responsible for two-thirds of the CO2 emissions in India, and the single largest contributor to Global warming.

Only an Energy Revolution will save the Ganges says Greenpeace

Press release | December 5, 2008 at 5:30

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...

Greenpeace says, "Good first step, but the devil is in the detail"

Press release | July 2, 2008 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace welcomed the direction that the National Action Plan on Climate Change articulated, while cautioning that true commitment to the vision would only become clear when the detailed mission plans are tabled in December...

Thermographic images taken by Greenpeace expose energy wastage due to leakage from...

Press release | June 27, 2007 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today exposed the energy wastage due to leakage from a random selection of prominent buildings across the national and financial capital in a “technovative” manner. Thermographic (temperature sensitive) images taken...

Greenpeace builds Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat

Feature story | May 25, 2007 at 19:15

Work has already begun on constructing a new Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat at an elevation of 2,500 meters. Measuring 10 by four by four meters, the ship being built by Greenpeace, will remind leaders of all nations that there's not much time left...

Greenpeace proposes A Sustainable Energy Outlook for India to the Prime Minister

Press release | April 13, 2007 at 5:30

Greenpeace today presented the report 'Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable Energy Outlook for India' to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at his residence. The report provides a practical blueprint for stabilising India’s carbon emissions at...

Greenpeace brands Thermal Power Plants Climate Killers - Calls for an energy...

Press release | March 29, 2007 at 5:30

DADRI / NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace activists today beamed huge slides on to the cooling tower of the National Thermal Power Corporation Plant at Dadri to brand the culprits of climate change. The words on the cooling tower "Stop Climate...

Strongest Climate warning yet demands action

Feature story | February 6, 2007 at 12:04

With the strongest warnings yet from the international scientific community on the threat of dangerous climate change just published, it's clearly time to match strengths of scientific warnings with determined action to reduce greenhouse gas...

Solar Generation celebrates the spirit of youth against climate change with the...

Press release | October 24, 2006 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Solar Generation joins hands with young people from across Bangalore celebrating youth resistance against climate change. Solar Generation is the youth-wing of Greenpeace India demanding clean energy now! It was launched on...

Solar Generation

Press release | May 5, 2006 at 5:30

HYDERABAD, India — There’s something about obvious truths that make them invisible to those in power. For instance, the fact that the ADB refuses to see that by funding coal power projects, they are, in fact, funding climate change. That their...

Enormous climate fig leaf

Feature story | August 17, 2005 at 19:20

Top climate bad guys, the US and Australian governments, have unveiled their own shiny new pact to allegedly save the climate. Our climate guru Stephanie Tunmore exposes the announcement for what it really is.

Solar Lanterns Light Up Lives of Young Survivors of Bhopal Disaster

Press release | September 9, 2004 at 5:30

BHOPAL, India — The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) today launched Project Chirag an income-generation initiative for young survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The ICJB has decided on having “hope” and...

Notes from the Solar Generation Diaries

Feature story | April 19, 2004 at 5:30

DHARAMSALA, India — On 19th April 2004, a group of seventeen people from Greenpeace Germany, Switzerland and India embarked on a journey to Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, to participate in the first ‘Solar Generation’ project in India. Together...

Extreme weather warnings

Feature story | September 9, 2004 at 5:30

Hurricane devastation in the US, flash floods in Japan and a UK village washed into the sea. As climate change gathers pace, devastation caused by extreme weather is becoming more common. Take a visual tour of storm and flood destruction.

The Solar Generation

Feature story | June 1, 2004 at 5:30

BONN, Germany — Who are we? Young people who want to change the world! What do we want? Renewable Energy! Make no mistake - the world is heading for climate disaster if we don't change our dirty energy ways soon. The young people of the Solar...

Solar Lanterns Light up Lives of Young Survivors of Bhopal Tragedy

Feature story | September 9, 2004 at 5:30

BHOPAL, India — The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) today launched Project Chirag an income-generation initiative for young survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The ICJB has decided on having “hope” and...

Agenda for the conference

Publication | May 14, 2012 at 20:00

The international business conference on 15th May at Hotel Maurya, Patna, Bihar focuses specifically on the issue of DRE and energy access. The conference intends to bring global perspectives on driving investment and various other frameworks...

Ten Ways to Curb Global Warming

Page | August 6, 2004 at 14:51

Disaster movies like 'The Day After Tomorrow' aside, climate change is a very real phenomenon. You can do your bit towards curbing global warming. Here are ten simple things that everyone can do to contribute:

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