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Greenpeace launches Food for Life campaign on World Environment Day Kedia Village an iconic success story in the Ecological Agricultural Revolution
05th June, New Delhi/Mumbai/ Bangalore : In the middle of the ongoing agricultural crisis devastating lives and fields across India, comes a story of incredible hope, from Kedia village in Jamui district of Bihar. On the occasion of World Environment Day, Greenpeace India launched its ‘Food for Life’ campaign, bringing the Kedia success story to…
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Out Of Sight – How coal burning advances India’s Air Pollution Crisis
This study emphasises on the urgent need to comply with the thermal power plant emission standards announced in December 2015.
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72 Hours And Counting!
Greenpeace calls for an immediate investigation into India’s aging heavy water reactors post Kakrapar accident Following a serious accident at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat on March 11,…
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Greenpeace Supports India’s decision to challenge WTO ruling on India’s Solar Mission
February 26, 2016 | Washington/New Delhi: India’s plans for meeting its ambitious renewable energy targets while boosting the national green job market have received a setback this week. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has sided with the United States and ruled against India’s allocation of domestic content requirements (DCR) for domestically produced components in renewable…
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SarSo Satyagraha – People power defers GM Mustard decision
When a government body excludes all the farmers' and consumers' voice to decide on pushing a highly debated technology into their farm and food, it's time for the alarm bells to ring in a democracy. Specially when independent scientists raise concern, farmer unions protest and consumers say no to GM crops very vocally. The major…
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SolarVerse: the prose of solar power
Solar energy represents a vital opportunity to power India cleanly and efficiently. So, along with acclaimed young poet Shikha Malaviya, and in association with Delhi Poetry Slam, we decided to spread the message about solar in a new way by asking Greenpeace supporters to help create a crowdsourced solar poem.
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Delhi just the tip of the air pollution iceberg: Greenpeace analyses NAQI data across Indian cities
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 other than Delhi: as many as fifteen of the 17 Indian cities with NAQI stations…
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GM Mustard: Throwing Caution To The Wind Is Not Always Healthy
Science and scientists have always played a huge role in shaping the course of civilizations over thousands of years. India in the last 60 years too has been the beneficiary of great strides made in science. But there has also been a growing realization in hindsight that the checks and balances put on scientific innovation…
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Greenpeace India launches ‘Clean Air Nation’ application on Google Store
The Clean Air Nation app by Greenpeace India empowers users to find out the quality of air they are breathing and more importantly, how to protect themselves on bad polluted days and what actions government should take to protect public health.
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For our beloved Mustard
Seeds, and thereby food crops are at the very centre of a nation’s survival. It is no wonder then that corporations and governments have been trying for decades to control seeds.