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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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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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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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Delhi Health Minister commits to cleaning up Delhi’s air pollution
Delhi has been in under global watch for alarming air pollution levels Greenpeace recently launched a campaign calling on Delhi Governement to take action on the capital’s toxic air pollution.…
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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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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,…
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Nothing momentous in the Modi-Obama statement on climate change
Greenpeace India expressed disappointment at the joint announcement by Prime Minister Modi and President Obama as it didn’t go beyond rhetoric and the usual platitudes. The big shift that was…
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How we said NO to GMO!
It started about a month ago with a tiny idea of opposing the genetic modification of crops. The idea came from the trip to Rahuri, a small affected village on the Pune-Mumbai highway. Two members from Hou de Green, the Pune volunteer group, helped out in the protests and got a better insight of the…
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The Sweet Taste Of Victory
Less than two months ago, Greenpeace India launched a report titled, Trouble Brewing, highlighting the presence of a cocktail of pesticide residues in tea. The day the report launched, seven…
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Wagh Bakri commits to steps towards elimination of pesticides from tea cultivation. 40,000 citizens sign the petition asking tea companies to clean chai
25th September, New Delhi/Ahmedabad: In an encouraging turn of events, Wagh Bakri, the third largest packaged tea company in India has committed to support elimination of pesticides in tea cultivation,…