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77% women feel unsafe in Delhi buses at night, reveals Greenpeace report

Over 75 per cent of women feel unsafe commuting in Delhi buses after dark, even as the city government's fare-free bus travel scheme has crossed the milestone of 100 crore 'pink' tickets issued to women, a report said. In its latest report 'Riding the Justice Route' report, Greenpeace India, a non-governmental organisation, said 75 per cent of the surveyed women have seen significant savings from the 'Pink Ticket' scheme, with many redirecting these funds to household needs, emergencies, and healthcare. Additionally, 25 per cent of the surveyed women have increased their use of public buses, and more women who previously avoided buses have become regular riders since the scheme's launch in October 2019, the report said. However, safety issues persist, with 77 per cent of women feeling unsafe on buses after dark due to poor lighting and infrequent bus schedules, it pointed out. Many women have also reported incidents of harassment, especially in overcrowded buses, it added. Under t

China has cut permits by nearly 80% for new coal power plants: Greenpeace

Greenpeace East Asia project lead Gao Yuhe said wind and solar expansion has been strong as coal building slows, but that it was unclear what slowdown meant for use of the carbon-intensive fossil fuel

Greenpeace brings Delhi govt's attention to mitigating impact of heatwaves

Greenpeace India on Friday wrote to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the lack of action and urgency in mitigating the impact of extreme heat episodes on vulnerable people in the national capital. Greenpeace India members also staged a demonstration at the Delhi Secretariat, demanding that the city government implement a comprehensive heat action plan (HAP) by June-end. The letter to the chief minister said despite the Union health ministry's warning about the significant health and socio-economic impact of heatwaves, the city government has displayed indifference towards this issue. HAPs are the primary policy response to economically damaging and life-threatening heatwaves. They prescribe a number of activities, disaster responses and post-heatwave response measures to decrease the impact of heatwaves. Considering the devastating impacts faced by more than half of Delhi's population during the 2022 heatwaves, we emphasised the urgent need for the Delhi government to relea

450+ women workers get bicycles under power the pedal campaign: Greenpeace

In a bid to empower women from low-income groups, Greenpeace India has delivered bicycles to over 450 women labourers in Delhi and Bengaluru as part of the 'power the pedal' campaign

Are changes in laws putting business interests ahead of the environment?

The govt proposed to dilute the penal provisions in laws governing environmental protection, air and water pollution. Will it sacrifice environmental protection at the altar of business interests?

Decision to ban coal in Delhi a late step in right direction: Greenpeace

Air pollution from burning coal is expensive and takes a massive toll on people's health, Greenpeace India's Avinash Chanchal said on Wednesday

Delhi, Mumbai will be 5 degrees warmer in 2080-99 period: Greenpeace India

A recent heatwave in Delhi saw the maximum touching 43.5 degrees Celsius on April 29, which is well above the average maximum temperature for the month

China car sector falling short of 2060 'net zero' goals: Greenpeace

Country needs to bring zero emissions vehicle sales to 63% by 2030 and 87% by 2035 if it is to meet its targets, says environmental group.

FMCGs fuelling massive plastic expansion, threatening climate: Greenpeace

Amid the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a new has found that giant FMCGs are driving the expansion of plastic production, which threatens global climate, communities and ecosystem

Breathe easy: 40% drop in Sulphur Dioxide concentration in air across India

The observations are significant as India was in 2019 named the world's largest emitter of SO2

Coke, Pepsi, Nestle top producers of plastic waste globally: Greenpeace

Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drink maker, was the top waste producer with Coke-branded plastic trash found in 40 of the 42 countries

47 mn children in India reside in most polluted areas: Greenpeace report

It said Delhi remained the worst impacted city with annual PM10 levels exceeding approximately five times the national ambient air quality standards

HSBC funding Indonesian forest destruction: Greenpeace

The environmental group said the British bank had broken its own guidelines

Wikileaks reveals Greenpeace, others sought US intervention after India action

NGOs working in India had sought US govt intervention after their funding came under increased scrutiny of Modi govt

Funding pressure in India, Greenpeace seeks US intervention

The emails released by wikileaks indicates that environmental groups are opposing a massive mining project in Australia by the Adani Group

Greenpeace terms Delhi govt's solar policy a trailblazing step

'Step will help in fulfilling overall goal of sustainable development,' said the NGO

Modi govt's decision to bar Greenpeace activist's travel is silly, malafide

A Greenpeace India employee was prevented from leaving for the UK on a legitimate business visa by the Union government recently. No reasons were given except that the government had decided so. A fellow journalist reacted, writing on social media: would the government also check upon Skype conferences of people on secret watch lists?

Greenpeace to release secret documents on EU-US trade deal

Said the classified documents will shed light on negotiations for the TTIP deal, which poses "major risks for climate, environment and consumer safety"

Greenpeace's registration cancelled due to violation of laws: Rijiju to Lok Sabha

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that inspection of accounts and records of Greenpeace India was conducted