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Thousands call for clean energy in Thailand
Our region, Southeast Asia, is home to strong grassroots environmental movements especially those opposing the spread of harmful coal and nuclear energy. In the past years we’ve seen how great…
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Australian toxic waste export stopped just in time
Greenpeace and a broad swath of civil society groups in Australia and Europe have successfully prevented solvents and explosives maker Orica from sailing tonnes of extremely harmful chemical waste from…
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IT firms see opportunity in averting climate crisis
Google, Cisco and HP are some of the best-known brands in our updated Cool IT leaderboard. This year saw these companies and other top information technology (IT) firms side with…
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Villagers protest Jaitapur nuclear plant
Jaitapur, 4, December, 2010: On the occasion of French President Sarkozy’s visit to India, thousands of villagers defied the draconian law of section 144 imposed in Jaitapur today to form…
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Technology needs a green vision
I recently bought a Smartphone and was thinking of how these new-era communication devices have helped us keep a track of information on our fingertips. Being an environmentalist, I was…
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Double standards in Environment Ministry
“I have taken this decision in a purely legal approach, that these laws are being violated.” – Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment & Forests on the Vedanta decision, August 24,…
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Campaign for an energy revolution launched in Bihar on Gandhi Jayanti
‘Urja Kranti Yatra’ will mobilise panchayats across Bihar to demand quality access to power As the nation pays tribute to the Mahatma on his 139th birth anniversary, Greenpeace, together with…
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Victory! People power over nukes
The nuclear liability bill was withdrawn in the first half of the budget session in 2010, and the motion to introduce it in the second session was not supported by…
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Jairam Ramesh, UPA accused of double standards
Vedanta punished, Dhamra port escapes as MoEF contradicts itself over forest violation Greenpeace today released new documents which it claims show that the Minister of Environment and Forests has overlooked…
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Greenpeace reiterates demand for renewable energy in election manifestos
Only renewable energy can provide quick and quality power to the people With announcement of election dates in Bihar, Greenpeace today restated its demand to political parties to include decentralised…