Environment

Greenpeace India Brings People-Powered Campaigns To It’s Supporters

By Ignatius Joseph: Greenpeace Extra, or GPx is a free online petition site launched by Greenpeace India on March 14th, 2013. Greenpeace India has been campaigning on national environmental issues over the past 12 years in India, and now launches GPx - a people-powered website

Environment

Coal Power Emissions More Responsible For Spread Of Diseases Than Junk Food

By Ignatius Joseph: A new study by Urban Emissions, commissioned by Conservation Action Trust and released in partnership with Greenpeace has estimated that in 2011-2012 upto 1,15,000 people died prematurely as a result of emissions from coal-fired power stations in India. The report further reveals

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The Humble House Sparrow: Where Art Thou?

By Rini Sinha: Luckily, I've been living in an area of Delhi, which has much of its area covered in greenery. Till some ten years back, one could actually spot peacocks on the terrace in the mornings. I remember waking up in the morning at

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Here’s What Makes “Tiger Tiger Burning Bright” A Fiction Far From Reality

By Devanshi Tyagi: This Wednesday (27th February 2013), I read an article in ‘Hindustan Times’ about a certain “tiger tonic wine”. Apparently, China officially allows tiger body parts to be used in the making of a therapeutic wine. The bone of a tiger is soaked in

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And We Thought We Can Go Green? Midway’s Dying Birds Show “Our” Reality

By Lata Jha: The world isn’t ours forever. Or only ours in the while that we are here. In the little time we spend here occupying our respective corners, we all hold equal right to use its resources and satisfy our needs, if not go

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Greenpeace Challenges Sharad Pawar On Genetically Modified Crops

Rejecting Union Agricultural Minister, Sharad Pawar’s stance on genetically modified (GM) crops being the answer to India’s food security, 17 Greenpeace activists unfurled a massive banner with the message, ‘Say no to GM, yes to food Security’ at the Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) godown

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How Feasible Is Going Organic?

By Nidhi Khurana: Of late, the disenchantment from the city life is causing people to embrace a healthier lifestyle. Markets are also realizing the needs of new consumers and are venturing into it right away. One such response has been the setting up of organic

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Imagine A Future Free Of Genetically Modified Food: Celebrating Bt Brinjal Moratorium

By Ignatius Joseph:Bangalore witnessed 'Happy Brinjals' celebrating their status as free of any genetic modification (GM) on February 9. Greenpeace volunteers dressed in smiling Brinjal costumes were joined by Bangaloreans when they walked across M.G. Road in the epic Beatles' Abbey Road style, holding a banner,

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Genetically Modified Corn Data Raises Serious Concerns #Greenpeace India

By Ignatius Joseph: In a startling development an independent scientific analysis released by Greenpeace India on January 29, 2013 exposed major flaws in the Genetically Modified (GM) corn biosafety assessment process done by the regulatory bodies in India. Greenpeace India had commissioned Testbiotech, an independent

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