A decade on, only 15% of Fukushima core area decontaminated: Greenpeace
The Japanese government’s own figures reveal this, the organisation says in a report to mark 10 years of the disaster
Coal-fired power stations carry heavy health costs in South Africa
Emissions from power plants causes at least 2,200 premature deaths every year, says Greenpeace
Maharashtra, Gujarat top sulphur dioxide polluters in India
India is the world's largest emitter of SO2. Of the 45 hotspots in India, emissions at 43 are due to coal-based electricity generation, while …
Just 5 oil cos spent 251 mn euros in lobbying against climate policies: Report
BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total together made nearly $55 billion in profits in 2018, while pushing the world into climate …
Coal mining destroying wildlife habitat: Greenpeace
Virtually all new coal fields and planned power plants are in states that have India’s largest contiguous tiger landscape
Poison present
Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …
India's clean air plan overlooks 231 polluted cities: Report
Air quality targets in National Clean Air Programme must be given proper legal status to make air in India breathable, it added
Why climate negotiators should look at wind energy prospects
Wind power could meet 26 per cent of global electricity demand and help save 6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually by the end of mid-century,…
Documenting dissent
DECOMMISSIONING THE BRENT SPAR·Tony Rice and Paula Owen·E & FN SPON (An Imprint of Routledge), 1999·182pp
G7 commitment to decarbonisation could be more talk less action
While the US and Canada are moving from one fossil fuel to another, other G7 countries are burning more coal since 2009
Essar, Hindalco get final clearance to mine Mahan forests for coal
Opening Mahan for mining might speed up clearance to other coal-bearing forest areas in the district, fear activists
Indian home ministry’s strictures on foreign funding
Greenpeace alleges the government is targeting the non-profit for its campaigns against proposed coal and power projects in central India. The non-…
Bt Brinjal – the war goes on
Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine
Regulatory battle
Industry and activists have expressed conflicting opinions on GM crops. GEAC has a difficult decision to make
Varied visions for new climate agreement in Lima
As developed and developing countries continue to disagree over key elements of the new climate deal in the works, civil society groups suggest …
Fresh gram sabha meet ordered for Mahan coal block
Move follows close on the heels of high court order to probe earlier gram sabha resolution of Amelia village allowing mining, which residents …
Traditional knowledge of fisher people may be included in the process of identifying marine biodiversity hot spots
Some countries noncommittal about identifying ecologically and biologically sensitive marine areas in high seas and territorial waters
US clears way for Shell’s oil exploration in the Arctic
Environment activists say a possible oil spill in the future could cause irreversible damage to the fragile ecosystem off the coast of Alaska
Submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops
Memorandum to the Committee on Agriculture with views on “Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops – Prospects and Effects&…
Biotechnology Bill: deadline for public feedback extended
Parliamentary committee has extended date till August 25; activists demand public consultations across the country in regional languages
Mahan coal block dispute before green tribunal
After two-year-long protests, demanding settlement of forest rights prior to mining, residents of Waidhan forest range approach National Green …
Why Shell’s proposed oil exploration in the Arctic is making news
A recent business announcement by Shell and persistent protests by environment activists have added to the uncertainty over the oil exploration …
No one is cleaning up
25 years on, thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is scattered around the Union Carbide factory
Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace
Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos
EU parliamentarians vote against propping up carbon prices
Proposal to artificially boost carbon prices fails to receive support, sends prices crashing further