UK to issue 'hundreds' of new oil, gas licences in North SeaThe announcement angered environmental groups and comes amid an internal debate within the ruling Conservative party on green policies.
31 Jul, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
UK PM Liz Truss's 'first conference speech': Greenpeace protesters interrupt before leader gets standing ovation. This is what happenedUK PM Liz Truss gave her first conference speech after the annual Tory gathering. Protestors interrupted her and were escorted out of the r...
05 Oct, 2022, 10.02 PM IST
UK pledges to hit all-renewable electricity by 2035Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said he believed the UK could get to get to "complete clean energy production" - including renewable sour...
05 Oct, 2021, 12.51 AM IST
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions dropped nine percent in 2020 amid pandemicGovernment measures over the past year to control the pandemic have at times shut down large parts of the economy, leading to lower power d...
25 Mar, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
Iconic 'Rainbow Warrior' to arrive in India on October 26Greenpeace India media in-charge Jitendra Kumar said the ship's India tour is aimed at sharing expertise in preventing the exploitation of ...
15 Oct, 2017, 07.35 PM IST
Raise red flags, not just unfurl red carpet for Modi: AmnestyThe human rights organisation highlighted that over 10,000 organisations had been "de-registered" over the last year to prevent them from r...
13 Nov, 2015, 04.17 PM IST
We value NGOs' participation: Prakash Javadekar on Greenpeace rowJavadekar said his ministry has "nothing to do" with the denial of entry to a Greenpeace activist and said that it "values" participation o...
08 Jun, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
Government refuses entry of Greenpeace activist into IndiaA crisis response campaigner with Greenpeace International was denied entry into India as his name figured in a Home Ministry "black list",...
08 Jun, 2015, 07.27 PM IST
Greenpeace’s plan to stall power plants fuels MHA action to suspend NGO's foreign fundingThese plans, according to MHA, originated at a conference in Istanbul in 2012 in which public sector power company NTPC was allegedly ident...
11 Apr, 2015, 07.16 AM IST
Government blocks Greenpeace India's foreign fundings, suspends NGO's licence for 6 monthsThe decision was taken by Home Ministry after it was found that NGO has "affected public interests in violation" of Foreign Contribution Re...
09 Apr, 2015, 09.12 PM IST
Priya Pillai case: Citizens have the right to dissent, HC tells GovtHC quashes lookout circular against Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, saying citizens could have different opinions on development policies.
13 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Government to defend Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai's deplaning from UK-bound flight in HCThe affidavit will justify the decision of immigration authorities to offload her from the UK-bound flight on the basis of a lookout circul...
12 Feb, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai admits her ticket was funded by Greenpeace InternationalIB said this was a violation since the Indian arm of Greenpeace stands restricted from taking foreign funding except after the government's...
13 Jan, 2015, 08.44 PM IST
Priya Pillai revoked from travelling to UK on Home Minitsry's orders: Intelligence BureauA look-out notice issued against Pillai has been cited as restraint on her travel, as per Home Ministry officials who wished not to be iden...
13 Jan, 2015, 03.28 AM IST
Government ties itself up in knots over Greenpeace activist travel restraintPriya Pillai was named in a secret IB note to Centre for leading a protest against Mahan Coal block, which is said to be reason for her bei...
12 Jan, 2015, 09.35 PM IST
Tea companies like Tata Global, HUL go green on pesticide fearsThe NGO said 59% of the samples had the residue of at least one pesticide active ingredient above the maximum level set by the European Uni...
19 Aug, 2014, 12.11 PM IST
- Climate Science vs. Climate Politics: Who has the greenest ‘fingers’ of them all?
Tuvalu's PM is at the top and Manmohan scores better than Obama in world’s first league table of ‘green’ leaders.
08 Nov, 2009, 10.16 AM IST