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There’s been a revolution stirring up around the world. People are ditching coal and looking at alternate sources of energy that are clean and at the same time affordable. How things are changing!

We know that fossil fuels are majorly responsible for air pollution and rising global temperatures. And now, countries around the world are pledging to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degree Celsius.

For the longest time, fossil fuels were considered as the only and the most viable form of energy, but not anymore.

In order to really achieve the goal of keeping global temperature rise in check, the world needs to say goodbye to fossil fuels for good. While several coal power plants in the country are sitting idle and not functioning to their capacity, there are many waiting in line to be constructed and many others facing water shortages. This makes one message loud and clear --investing in any more new coal projects is a blunder. Coal-based electricity consumption is now just a bad habit that we need to get rid of.

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    renewables, fossil fuels, health

    India’s climate ambition and new investment in fossil fuel can’t go hand in hand: Greenpeace India

    New Delhi, 2nd November: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to increase renewable energy targets, reducing carbon intensity and net-zero emission by 2070 are in general the right direction of travel.…

    Greenpeace India •
    November 3, 2021
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    fossil fuels, health

    New Data Reveals: Twice as many cities violating air quality norms as recognised in National Clean Air Programme

    Airpocalypse-III-ReportA new report by Greenpeace India has identified 139 cities where air pollution levels exceed national standards but were not included in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) that was…

    Greenpeace India •
    August 5, 2019
  • Publications
    fossil fuels

    Boom and Bust 2019 – Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline

    For the third year in a row, most leading indicators of coal power capacity growth declined in 2018, including construction starts, pre-construction activity, and plant completions, according to the Global…

    Greenpeace India •
    July 31, 2019
  • Press Release
    renewables, fossil fuels

    Karnataka High Court quashes Enforcement directorate’s order of freezing Greenpeace India’s bank accounts

    The Karnataka High Court has quashed the freezing of accounts of Greenpeace India by the Enforcement Directorate, holding the order of freezing to be null and void.

    Greenpeace India •
    February 22, 2019
  • Energy Community "Saerbeck" in North Rhine-WestfaliaEnergie-Kommune Saerbeck in Nordrhein-Westfalen
    Press Release
    renewables, fossil fuels, Air pollution

    Greenpeace welcomes government funding for KUSUM rural solar & solar rooftop schemes; says proper implementation can be a game-changer for troubled power sector

    Greenpeace welcomes government funding for KUSUM rural solar & solar rooftop schemes; says proper implementation can be a game-changer for troubled power sector.

    Greenpeace India •
    February 20, 2019
  • Press Release
    fossil fuels

    ‘You Cannot Sink a Rainbow’: high spirited Greenpeace India staff members echo after being forced to downsize

    Greenpeace India has been forced to close regional offices in New Delhi and Patna, and shrink in size considerably because of Enforcement Directorate’s unlawful crackdown, but will continue to fight…

    Greenpeace India •
    February 2, 2019
  • Press Release
    fossil fuels, health

    “NCAP a Step Forward With Less Ambition” Greenpeace India

    New Delhi | 10th January 2019 | The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change announced the much anticipated National Clean Air Programme to fight air pollution on Thursday. In…

    Greenpeace India •
    January 10, 2019
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    donate, forest, renewables, fossil fuels

    Shut-up or Shut-down: The new ‘Law of the Land’

    If, to be put on trial for speaking out for equality and justice is a crime, the society needs some serious introspection. The way the voice of Greenpeace India has…

    Rahul Prasad •
    December 31, 2018
  • Press Release
    renewables, fossil fuels, health, safefood

    Government crackdown forces Greenpeace India to cut back work on climate change

    Greenpeace India will soon have to reduce to a core strength of twenty to twenty five people across the country, as a direct result of the Enforcement Directorate’s arbitrary freezing of Greenpeace India’s accounts.

    Greenpeace India •
    December 20, 2018
  • Press Release
    fossil fuels, health

    Institutional investors lose billions as Indian coal equities underperform market

    Mumbai, December 20, 2018: New analysis (1) shows that major Indian and international equity investors have seen their holdings in key Indian coal mining and coal-based power companies underperform the…

    Ashish Fernandes •
    December 20, 2018
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