Cotton controversy
An open dialogue between government officials, representatives of Greenpeace--the NGO has been opposing genetically - modified organisms (GMO)--and Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco) held
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Greenpeace warns against 'hasty' clearance
Greenpeace International has cautioned against any "hasty decision" to commercialise Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company's (Mahyco) Bt cotton during the current Kharif season. Speaking to Business Line,
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Stray Electrons
Greenpeace has many admirers in high places, including Vladimir Putin. When the Russian president was asked recently what he would do upon leaving office, he said: "I've always admired people who
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'None of the MNCs involved in GM food applied for permit'
According to Green-peace, none of the MNCs involved have applied for a permit, in blatant violation of the law on genetically engineered food products. "Scientists still do not know the long-term
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Greens campaign against 'bio-piracy'
Greenpeace international another non-governmental organisations (NGOs) charged that transnational corporations are "pirating" genetic resources from the developing South, a practice the groups say
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Cottoned on
The recent India visit by personable Greenpeace activists protesting genetically modified (GM) crops inevitably attracted some media attention. It seemed to have caught official attention, too.
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Greenpeace files petition against DuPont maize patent
Greenpeace has attacked multinational companies for systematically trying to abuse patent laws to get exclusive rights over the biological diversity in crops. With support from a number of Latin
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Greens force Hind Lever to close Kodaikanal plant
Hindustan Lever will be closing its thermometer mercury factory at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu. The move follows pressure and protests from the international environment NGO Greenpeace, citizens groups,
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HLL has disposed of cullets with mercury: TNPCB
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), acting on a complaint from Mr. Navroz Modi, representative of Greenpeace, Kodaikanal, on disposal of mercury-bearing wastes by the Hindustan Lever
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Greenpeace blocks valves of 'polluting' effluent plant
In a daring move, Greenpeace activists today locked the valves of the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at the Vapi Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, protesting that the plant was
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Genetically engineered seeds spark protest
While 600 delegates from Asia pacific region, Europe and the US in Bangalore today kicked off "Asian Seed 2000" conference, a group of Greenpeace and CPM activists and farmers demonstrated against
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Burger, anyone?
According to Greenpeace, tests found that some fast food sold in Hong Kong by McDonald's, KFC and Maxim's, a local chain, contained genetically modified ingredients. But has it harmed anyone? No. And
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10-year freeze sought on GM commercialisation
The bio-tech indusry is not just manipulating crops and creating risk of genetic pollution but also 'fixing' scientific data. Making this allegation, two environment activist groups - Greenpeace and
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Olympics - Greenpeace says Sydney is failing green test
Greenpeace has accused Sydney of failing to live up to its promise to deliver a "Green Olympics".In a critical review of the city's final preparations for the Games, starting on September 15, the
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Bhopal gas victims can now send petition through E-mail
The Greenpeace India on Monday launched a unique way to protest. More than 2,000 gas victims sent their petition on e-mail to the US firm Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) and Dow Chemical
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Sydeny Olympics pass Greenpeace test
Greenpeace warned that the coming Olympic Games in both Athens and Salt Lake City were likely to fall far short of environmental benchmarks set in Sydney, where the Games of XXVII Olympiad are now
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Coolants spark heated debate
When Coca-Cola announced in late June that it was phasing out its use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in its cold-drink equipment, it pleased one lobby and offended another. Greenpeace, the campaigning
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Greenpeace points finger at Greece for high dioxin emissions from waste burning
Greece's dioxin emissions solely from burning waste are equivalent to all emissions in France, a country six times the amount of inhabitants, said Greenpeace on 20 July.The organisation says that
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Air pollution kills 1,340 Greeks yearly -Greenpeace
Air pollution kills an average 1,342 Greeks a year, about half of them in Athens which is notorious for its smog, Greenpeace Greece said yesterday. The environmental group commissioned a study, using
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Reject field trials of Bt cotton
Greenpeace: As an inter-ministerial committee is scheduled to consider whetehr allowing field test trials for 'Bt cotton' seeds engineered by US multinational Maharashtra Hybrid Corporation (Mahyco),