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Most of us don't consider ourselves "green." We have neither the time nor the inclination to write catchy slogans, picket polluting industries, or campaign against dam-builders. But that doesn't mean we don't care about having cleaner air to breathe, healthier food on our table or a safer future for our children. Do you feel you're too small to make a difference? Look at what happens when a tiny ant tries to move a large insect. It fails, of course. But then another ant joins in. And another. And another. Till they become a huge army, that can move a giant. In a country that's home to one-sixth of the world's population, that's a mighty army we're talking about. The people who lick envelopes once a month, the people who attend a demonstration, the people who send a letter to the prime minister, the people who sign a petition - these are the people crucial to a successful movement. And it all starts with a single voice. YOUR voice. Become that voice now! Join us in making India green.
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World oil supplies are expected to run out by 2030 and gas by 2045. Fears of global warming are being used by the nuclear power industry to promote nuclear power as a carbon-neutral solution. However, not only is nuclear energy very expensive to produce, but nuclear waste remains highly dangerous for thousands of years and accidents could devastate huge areas. If we are to avoid being driven into a nuclear future we must step up research and development for safe and sustainable methods of energy production. We can build better security sites for existing nuclear waste and we can phase out existing nuclear power stations. (Source: Informaction - a free automated lobbying service for anyone interested in the environment)
Join a local group working against nuclear energy.
Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shri
T.R. Baalu Minister, Minister
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GREENPEACE-INDIA: "Whether you like it or even know about it, genetically engineered crops and food will soon be in Indian markets, though you didn't ask for it. Most importantly, no one is questioning the potential hazards to the environment and our health." Read more! |
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Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shri
T.R. Baalu Minister, Minister
for Agriculture Minister
for Rural Development Minister
for Science and Technology Sign
Greenpeace's True Food Petition! Tell the feds to
require mandatory labelling of GM food |
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ANTI-MERCURY
CAMPAIGN IN INDIA HEATS UP
Aerial Spraying of Pesticide Exacts Deadly Toll in Kerala Village For 10 years, a doctor struggled to understand it. Why were so many people - children in particular - in his Kerala village suffering from disorders of the central nervous system? Cerebral palsy, congenital anomalies and mental retardation, among other disorders. Then, one day in December 2000, he asked: Could it be the pesticide endosulfan? The effects of this toxin on human body are quite similar to the maladies he was seeing. The Plantation Corporation of Kerala has been spraying endosulfan for years in its neighbouring cashew plantations. CSE's
special report shows that the area residents may have been subsidising
government's cashew production with their lives. CSE
got samples from Kerala analysed at its recently set up Environment
Monitoring Laboratory. The amount of endosulfan was unbelievably
high in all the samples. Blood, milk, water, soil, food… The amount
of endosulfan in one woman’s blood is 900 times the limit set
for water. CSE released the shocking results of its laboratory
analysis on samples brought from Padre village of Kerala, where
a lot of unusual diseases related to the central nervous system
have been reported, especially among children. See
the full lab report (pdf) (Released February 21,
2001) |
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Indian
villagers suffer serious health effects from governmental company’s
pesticides programme (March 2, 2001) |
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Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shri
T.R. Baalu Minister, Minister
for Science and Technology
Minister for Agriculture Water
Resources Minister
for Commerce and Industry |
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What
you can do: 
Write
a letter to your elected representatives protesting the Indian government's
renewed emphasis on nuclear energy despite the dangers involved. 
