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Coal Ministry confirms Mahan block will not be auctioned: RTI reply
New Delhi | March 20, 2015 | The Ministry of Coal confirmed in a Right to Information [1] reply that the Mahan coal block will not be auctioned, pursuant to…
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Delhi Health Minister promises to issue a Health Advisory for Delhi-ites on bad-air quality day
New Delhi, 10 March, 2015: With Delhi facing existential risk from rising air pollution, Greenpeace along with Centre for Occupational Environment and Health (COEH), met the Delhi Health Minister Shri…
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Delhi’s air pollution is worse than Beijing’s
Greenpeace collated data shows that Delhi has no action plan to protect its citizens from heavy pollution episodes. New Delhi, March 5, 2015:New Delhi is breathing the most polluted air…
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Mahan forests inviolate– No Go for mining says MoEF
India’s most controversial coal mine project may not go ahead, according to government documents acquired by Greenpeace through RTI. An Office Memorandum of the Ministry of the Environment Forests and…
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Waidhan District Court dismisses Essar’s plea against Greenpeace
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…
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Priya Pillai denounces Government “gag” offer
New Delhi| February 18, 2015| Greenpeace campaigner Priya Pillai today termed the government’s ’gag’ offer a taint on the democratic rights of citizens. The government offered that Pillai would be free to travel if…
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Delhi children breath toxic air, reveals Greenpeace air-monitoring survey in schools
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 New Delhi, February 16,…
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Greenpeace to wait for the government’s official statement before the court in Priya Pillai case
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…
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Greenpeace Activist Priya Pillai files writ petition in Delhi High Court. Challenge arbitrary and illegal offloading
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…
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Greenpeace Activist Priya Pillai files writ petition in Delhi High Court
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…