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Out Of Sight – How coal burning advances India’s Air Pollution Crisis
This study emphasises on the urgent need to comply with the thermal power plant emission standards announced in December 2015.
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72 Hours And Counting!
Greenpeace calls for an immediate investigation into India’s aging heavy water reactors post Kakrapar accident Following a serious accident at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat on March 11,…
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Greenpeace Supports India’s decision to challenge WTO ruling on India’s Solar Mission
February 26, 2016 | Washington/New Delhi: India’s plans for meeting its ambitious renewable energy targets while boosting the national green job market have received a setback this week. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has sided with the United States and ruled against India’s allocation of domestic content requirements (DCR) for domestically produced components in renewable…
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SolarVerse: the prose of solar power
Solar energy represents a vital opportunity to power India cleanly and efficiently. So, along with acclaimed young poet Shikha Malaviya, and in association with Delhi Poetry Slam, we decided to spread the message about solar in a new way by asking Greenpeace supporters to help create a crowdsourced solar poem.
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Delhi just the tip of the air pollution iceberg: Greenpeace analyses NAQI data across Indian cities
New Delhi 15th December 2015: A ranking of the 17 cities covered by the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) was released by Greenpeace India today, and reveals data to challenge the complacence of the Central and State Governments regarding cities other than Delhi: as many as fifteen of the 17 Indian cities with NAQI stations…
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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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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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‘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…