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Good, bad and the ugly: Eastern Chinese cities ranked by air quality

Blog entry by Monica Tan | 2012-05-25

It's no news that China's air pollution is bad. In fact if this NASA map of PM2.5 levels is anything to go by, Eastern China has it the worst in the entire world. But how come the air pollution in some Chinese cities is simply bad... Read more >

From Cyberport to "Dataport" – Hong Kong missing a renewable 'Cloud'

Blog entry by Yeung Man-Yau | 2012-05-22

From mainland's pregnant mothers to waste management policy, Chief executive-elect Mr C.Y. Leung has strived hard to make changes in controversies that have garnered much attention by the public. Yet, whether or not he is a truly... Read more >

Apple responds to customers, starts down road to clean energy iCloud

Blog entry by Gary Cook | 2012-05-21

Last week, after hundreds of thousands of Apple customers and Greenpeace supporters asked the company to use clean energy instead of dirty coal, it announced a significant investment in local renewable energy to power its data center... Read more >

Customers join Greenpeace to call for clean-energy iCloud at Apple stores

Press release | 2012-05-05 at 11:30

5 May 2012 – Apple customers joined Greenpeace’s activities around the world today to ask Apple for a cleaner cloud as part of a campaign to get the company to power its massive data centres with renewable energy instead of coal. In Hong Kong... Read more >

Greenpeace activists in South Korea taken by police for banner drop

Blog entry by Cindy Baxter | 2012-05-03

Greenpeace activists have been taken away by police for questioning in Samchoek for hanging a banner on the front of the City Government building. The 18 x 4.5m banner reads: "Nuclear free Korea is in the hands of Samchoek citizens... Read more >

Hey China! That dust-filled air you're breathing is toxic

Blog entry by Harri Lammi | 2012-04-27

Beijing residents this morning woke up to grey skies and a thick layer of dust on their cars and bicycles. Greenpeace campaigners headed out onto the streets dressed as themal power plant workers with huge posters of China's coal... Read more >

Greenpeace activists turned back at Daya Bay Nuclear Emergency Drill

Press release | 2012-04-26 at 17:45

April 26, 2012, Hong Kong - Today is the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It's also a day in which the Hong Kong SAR Government is holding a two-day inter-departmental nuclear plant drill at Tung Ping Chau. 17 Greenpeace... Read more >

Fukushima must be a lesson to Korea's nuclear industry – Greenpeace report

Press release | 2012-04-26 at 11:48

Busan, Korea, 26 April 2012 -- While Japan is still investigating the Fukushima accident and has halted all but one of its 54 nuclear reactors out of safety concerns, Korea is further extending its nuclear fleet, Greenpeace said today. Read more >

Greenpeace activists occupy HK Apple store with 'dark cloud'

Press release | 2012-04-25 at 15:00

25 April 2012 – Today 10 Greenpeace activists visited the Apple flagship store in Central with 4 gigantic “black clouds’ with the text ‘iClean?’ as part of the global campaign to get the company to power its massive data centers with renewable... Read more >

Our campaigner in South Korea was having a seriously bad hair day

Blog entry by Cindy Baxter | 2012-04-21

Having a bad hair day and getting cold feet When the author of our Energy [R]evolution, Sven Teske, was in Seoul in February, he complained. It was -15 degrees celcius outside, and his hair was bad, his feet cold. Why? "In... Read more >

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