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‘Lack of Action & Implementation plan is still a worry’: Greenpeace on National Air Quality Index
New Delhi, 6 April, 2015: Greenpeace India welcomes Prime Minister’s initiative of launching the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) on Monday While an AQI is a crucial step in informing…
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VICTORY: Coal Ministry confirms Mahan will not be auctioned!
The Ministry of Coal confirmed in a Right to Information reply that the Mahan coal block will not be auctioned, pursuant to the MoEF’s recommendation that it be kept off…
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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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Victory for Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai; Delhi HC overturns offloading, terms move undemocratic
New Delhi| March 12, 2015| In a major embarrassment to the NDA government, the Delhi High Court’s Justice Rajiv Shakder today termed the Ministry of Home Affairs decision to bar…
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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,…