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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.
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Witness 3.15 Vol. 52
A year ago we launched our ToxiCity campaign, focused on Air Pollution in Delhi and now the media and decision makers are starting to get serious about dealing with the…
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Greenpeace launches Clean Air Nation Movement: Calls on government to deliver commitment of “Clean Air My Birthright”
New Delhi 22nd September - Greenpeace India today launched the Clean Air Nation1 movement, calling on the government to make urgent improvements to the National Air Quality Index (NAQI), as a first step towards securing what the Government has referred to as citizens' 'birthright to clean air'. Greenpeace has pointed out severe limitations to the…
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Delhi Solar Policy draft targets 2GW by 2025: Time to maximise solar potential of capital, says Greenpeace
New Delhi, 26th August 2015: Greenpeace is urging the Delhi Government to capitalise on Delhi’s rooftop solar potential, and make an immediate start towards implementing the draft Solar Policy presented on Tuesday.
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Dharnai: story of one solar village
It’s been precisely one year now, since 2000 citizens of Dharnai, a small village near Bodhgaya in the eastern Indian state of Bihar achieved access to electricity for the first time in 30 years. To most us who are living in this digital era, even an hour of power outage can ruin the entire day.…
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Witness 2.15 Vol. 51
Did you hear? The much-talked-about celebrity couple, Suraj (Sun) and Bijili (Electricity), funally tied the knot and sealed their fate of love and commitment towards the environment, signifying the promise…
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Ecological Farming: The seven principles of a food system that has people at its heart
Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles
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Greenpeace strongly rebuts MHA allegations; demands unblocking of domestic accounts
New Delhi, May 8th, 2015 — Greenpeace India today submitted a comprehensive rebuttal[1] to allegations contained in the MHA’s ‘show cause notice’, dated April 9th and has demanded the immediate…
