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On World Environment Day, Greenpeace bike-a-thon calls on Delhi to “Switch on the Sun”
Hundreds of people on 25 stationary bicycles switched on the sun on World Environment Day on June 5 at Dilli Haat in Delhi. Delhites came together and pedalled away to…
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A dream with solar power
Hi, I’m Reema Ganguly and I work for Greenpeace India. I am Indian. I am India. Just as you are or maybe you aren’t. But what I’m about to share…
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Greenpeace blockades Power Minister Haroon Yusuf’s residence with solar panels
15 May, 2013, New Delhi: Greenpeace activists were today violently removed from the entrance of the Delhi power minister Haroon Yusuf's residence. The activists were peacefully protesting against Delhi's zero performance on its renewable energy targets as highlighted in the Greenpeace report "Powering Ahead with Renewables: Leaders and Laggards".
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Sukhdev Vihar residents join Greenpeace’s demand for a solar revolution in Delhi
New Delhi, 12 May 2013: To provide a solution to the intensifying energy crisis in Delhi and generate people’s support for solar energy, Greenpeace today organised “Switch on the Sun”, a renewable energy community fair in association with the Sukhdev Vihar (Pocket B) Residents Welfare Association.
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Twenty two states fail to meet their Renewable Purchase Obligation
Delhi one of the worst performers Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week promised to double India’s renewable energy capacity by 2017, the country’s present commitments on clean energy…
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Australian coal: the view from India
My name is Arpana Udupa, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace India. I’m on board the Rainbow Warrior, travelling up the Queensland coast. While the green ocean, blue sky dotted with…
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MSS formed in Singrauli to protect forests & rights of forest communities
There have been changes brewing in Mahan, Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh. For the first time last month local people from five villages formed a committee of sorts to protect their…
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Kerala launches ambitious solar project
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Tax incentives for solar energy in Bihar
The Bihar state government has devised a tax incentives plan to encourage private players to invest in solar energy. This move is especially significant since the state has been reeling under massive power shortage. The tax benefits include an exemption of registration and entry tax on installation of solar power plants on wastelands in the…
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Tamil Nadu’s solar policy a positive and ambitious step
Chennai, 22nd October, 2012 – Greenpeace welcomes the solar policy announced by the Tamil Nadu government. The decision to generate 3000 MW of Solar Energy by 2015 and making the 6% Solar Purchase Obligation (SPO) mandatory for the high tension (HT) users like SEZ's, large industries, IT parks & telecom towers is an ambitious step.…
