BHOPAL, India — The recent dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Union Carbide by the victims of Carbide's gas disaster in Bhopal, India, by a U.S District judge does not absolve the Dandury, Connecticut - based MNC of its toxic legacies and...

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona /Amsterdam: Activists from Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network (BAN) today demonstrated in Barcelona against the shipping industries practice of dumping toxic waste in developing countries.

NEW DELHI, India — Life-threatening poisons such as DDT, aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin and heptachlor -all of which are either severely restricted or banned in most countries- continue to be manufactured, stored, used and traded freely in South...

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.

VAPI, GUJARAT, India — More than 200 victims of industrial pollution from Gujarat's industrial corridor, along with Greenpeace activists from 15 countries today condemned the Gujarat Government and international lending agencies, particularly the...

NEW DELHI, India — Export data compiled by Greenpeace from Government of India statistics for 1998-1999 indicate that more than 100,887 tons, including hazardous and potentially hazardous wastes have entered India illegally, some in violation of...

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...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, India — Greenpeace along with an international coalition of citizen, environmental and labor organizations declared an initial victory in their effort to prevent a 118 ton stockpile of mercury from the defunct HoltraChem...

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today released the first ever technical and environmental data on the toxic contamination caused by shipbreaking in India through its investigative report "Ships for Scrap: Steel and Toxic Wastes for Asia."

BHOPAL, India — Over 2000 people, primarily survivors of Union Carbide’s disastrous gas leak in 1984, gathered today at the gates of the abandoned factory to send their calls for justice to Union Carbide and the government of India via a unique...

VAPI, GUJARAT, India — Some 250-270 million litres of highly toxic industrial wastewater, including heavy metals, is released to the environment daily in three industrial estates in Gujarat, India, reveals a Greenpeace study today

NEW DELHI, India — US and India-based activist groups have joined hands to prevent the export of a 118 ton-stockpile of used and toxic mercury from the United States to an undisclosed destination in India, according to Indian citizen groups...

NEW DELHI, India — In a demonstration marking the 15th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, Greenpeace activists dressed in black shrouds and death masks delivered a four metre wooden model of the infamous Union Carbide factory with the message...

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...

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...

KODAIKANAL, India — Ex-workers from Hindustan Lever's (HLL) mercury thermometer factory went on a day-long hunger strike to expose the company's "unrepentant and insensitive attitude" in the ongoing controversy regarding the company's hazardous...

MUMBAI, India — Conceding to the demands of citizens groups and Greenpeace, Unilever has agreed to the permanent closure of its polluting mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, and to undertake a clean-up of 5.3 tons of mercury wastes dumped...

KODAIKANAL, India — The cleanup took place on June 20, according to a protocol agreed upon by the community, and the community was also a monitor at the cleanup. However, the company refused the community access to the final weighing of the...

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...

KODAIKANAL, India — The Tamilnadu Alliance Against Mercury, Toxics Link, United Citizens Council, Kodaikanal, PUCL and Greenpeace condemn Hindustan Lever Ltd's efforts to evade responsibility for the damage caused to the environment and health of...

TRIVANDRUM, India — Community Groups like Deepthi Kala Samskarika Samithi (DKSS) and environmental organizations - Greenpeace, Thanal, Nature Care Organisation (NCO), Kerala Environment and Development Society (KEDS) jointly demanded ratification...

MUMBAI, India — The Government of India should include American multinational Dow Chemical in the ongoing criminal case on the world’s worst industrial disaster in Bhopal in December 1984, demanded Greenpeace, other NGOs from the National...

ALANG, India — Greenpeace activists boarded a ship in Antwerp harbour yesterday to investigate whether it contains hazardous materials and to start preparing a preliminary public inventory of findings. The environmental organisation and an...

COCHIN, India — The mayor of Cochin Mr. C.M. Dinesh Mani flagged off the river-keeper in Eloor today at 10 a.m. The river-keeper, a Greenpeace active volunteer V.J.Jose, will use a small motorised boat to systematically patrol and monitor the...

BANGALORE, India — In a move being counted as a victory for the people of villages in the Dodballapur Industrial Area (DIA), the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) issued a notice of immediate closure to M/S Go Go Exports and...

ALANG/ MUMBAI, India — The Ship-Breaking yards at Alang have become synonymous with death, disease and despair, says G. Ananthapadmanabhan, Executive Director, Greenpeace India.

COCHIN, India — Greenpeace today confirmed that the unchecked pollution at Eloor industrial estate near Cochin has resulted in increased rates of disease and death amongst the local population Diseases like Cancer, congenital birth-defects,...

ALANG/ BANGALORE, India — Indian customs authorities today denied permission to Hesperus, a Norwegian LPG tanker to beach for breaking at Alang following an alert raised by Greenpeace. Greenpeace had demanded a complete inventory of toxic...

NEW DELHI, India — The Supreme Court of India has formulated explicit guidelines for the ship-breaking industry at Alang. Greenpeace welcomes this strongly-worded Supreme Court order, and trusts that this will mark a turning point in its campaign...

GENEVA, Switzerland — Greenpeace offered a symbol of shame to each national delegation at the United Nations Basel Convention meeting in Geneva today

TRIVANDRUM, India — Police arrested six Greenpeace activisits participating in a peaceful protest outside the residence of the Minister of State (Kerala) for Health, Mr. P Sankaran, in Thiruvananthapuram today. The activists had arrived at his...

MUMBAI, India — Greenpeace today launched Rainbow Warrior's Corporate Accountability Tour of India, and announced their intention to intensify campaigns against corporations that flout national and international legislations to commit crimes...

ALANG, India — As the British government continues to refuse permits for scrapping the first of the controversial US navy "ghost ships" which arrive in the UK today, Greenpeace has uncovered British vessels being shipped to India - contravening...

ALANG, India — Greenpeace activists expressed surprise at today's news reports that the Gujarat Maritime Board has sought help from Navy and Customs to arrest the international crew of the Rainbow Warrior, following their expose of a criminal act...

ALANG/NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace has called upon V ships Commercial, the UK owner of Genova Bridge to submit a toxic inventory of the ship to the Indian authorities immediately and make arrangements to remove and re-import the hazardous waste...

NEW DELHI/ LONDON, India — The International Maritime Organisation, (IMO) which was considering expulsion of Greenpeace for "unsafe seamanship" at a meeting in London on 21st November , has accepted the importance of the watchdog organization and...

ALANG, India — Greenpeace today criticized Gujarat Pollution Control Board 's (GPCB) directive to Gujarat Maritime Board GMB) to remove asbestos and other hazardous waste on board Genova Bridge and store it at a landfill in the hinterlands of...

MUMBAI, India — “Welcome back, Rainbow Warrior!” Colourful placards, a brass band and an enthusiastic group of supporters welcomed the Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior, which was allowed to dock at Mumbai early this morning after 7 days of waiting...