Future compromised
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …
Trawler travails
A campaign against trawlers operating on a factory-like scale in the north Pacific has been launched by Greenpeace in the US
City cycling
With the introduction of bicycles for public use, Luud Schimmelpenninck hopes to make Amsterdam a "car-free" city
To Russia, with love
Russia's forests receive a shot in the arm following a recent international decision to protect them from logging
Diesel-run auto-rickshaws to go off Patna roads from January 31, 2021
Bihar government move comes after Patna recorded worst air quality of the season on November 5
Evolving into the danger zone
The Earth's atmosphere has been evolving ever since the planet was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. But, with industrialisation, human activity,…
Oil spoil
The planned scuttling of the superannuated Brent Spark oil rig sparks off an international protest
Heated protests over nuclear waste
Global resentment brews as Japan plans to ferry a new consignment of radioactive waste across maritime boundaries, flattening the latest …
HSBC forced to safeguard Indonesia's rainforests
A probe by international non-profit Greenpeace linked Europe’s largest bank to companies destroying rainforests
Killer chlorine
Once hailed as a boon to health, chlorine is now charged with being carcinogenic, maiming the immune and the reproductive systems.
Cyborg controversy
There's gaiety on the greens as the European Parliament drops a directive on patenting genetically-engineered life-forms
A hazardous voorkshop
The Dakar workshop on toxic-waste trade left both the exporting countries and green activists fuming
Native anger
Alaskan natives take the message of the dangers of climate change catastrophic to the office of an oil company , whose activities threaten their …
Laying India to waste
Greenpeace sounds a red alert about toxic waste imports into India at workshops across the country
An Arctic account
The ice layer is thinning and spring arrives sooner than expected. The Arctic is already experiencing the impacts of global warming
India overexploiting fish resources: Greenpeace
Report released on World Oceans Day, says 15 million people affected; will hit export growth
‘It is not just a nuclear risk, but a climate risk’
Jan Haverkamp, a nuclear expert of Greenpeace (Central and Eastern Europe), spoke to Down To Earth on about Akademik Lomonosov — the first …
India emits the most sulphur dioxide in the world
Five of the top 10 SO2 emission hotspots from coal/power generation industry across the world are in India, finds a Greenpeace study
India has three of the world’s 50 nitrogen emission hotspots
The latest Greenpeace analysis finds areas in Delhi-NCR, UP, MP and Odisha as the biggest contributors of nitrogen pollution in India
India’s FCRA does not conform to international standards: UN Special Rapporteur
The restriction may prove detrimental to the advocacy group engaged in critical human rights work, government accountability and those …
Civil society groups urge Australia to adopt zero-carbon emission target by 2050
The country is the thirteenth largest emitter in the world, with one of the highest per capita emissions
Economy that nurtures
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Using yen as bait fails to lift whaling ban
The Japanese are furious that the moratorium on commercial whaling has been extended. They and the Norwegians say they will continue to harpoon …
Deep sea mining threatens global waters, seabed authority lets it: Greenpeace
The international non-profit raises concerns on the International Seabed Authority’s role and competence