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Press Release- Boom and Bust Report 2019
New coal plants shrink globally, but GoI continues to approve new proposals, despite pollution and deforestation impacts New Delhi, Thursday, March 28, 2019— For the third year in a row,…
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Khurja Coal Plant Approval: A step back in tackling Air Pollution and providing affordable electricity
Khurja coal plant approval: a step back in tackling air pollution and providing affordable electricity New Delhi | Thurs March 7th, 2019 : Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the…
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India Release : Latest air pollution data ranks world’s cities worst to best
Latest air pollution data ranks world’s cities worst to best Delhi still the most polluted capital across the world (2018) but India has many more polluted geographies than the capital…
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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.
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Attempt to Murder Gurgaon
Gurgaon is one of the most polluted cities in India, with only 3 days of clean air in 2018. Now a new amendment will make 20,000 acres of Aravalli forest in Gurgaon and Faridabad open for construction. Why?
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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.
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‘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…
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“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…
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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…
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NCAP must have sectoral targets & interim milestones; says Greenpeace India
NCAP announcement will be a big achievement since not a single monitored location in the country complies with safe limits prescribed by WHO for air pollution and more than 80% locations registering pollution levels beyond Indian standards, making air pollution a national health emergency.