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Samsung, it’s time to share your plan for 4.3 million recalled #GalaxyNote7
It’s been over a month since Samsung announced the recall of its Galaxy Note 7 and , although we have had some progress, Samsung has still not announced what it…
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Friday Five: the fight for Poyang lake and is China digging more coal?
China’s bumpy energy transition hit the headlines this week as the government eases curbs on production, China’s conservationists fight to protect one of the last habitats of the Yangtze finless…
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Friday Five: China calls out trump and Beijing’s smog worsens
China to Donald Trump: No, We Didn’t Invent Climate Change [Time] Oh how we LOL-ed when Donald Trump first posted what seemed like just another outlandish tweet back in 2012. Four years later, faced…
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From Student Environmentalist to Solar Pioneer
Miao Xin gives a presentation on his solar financing platform at PowerLab in Shanghai, 4 November 2016. From eccentric student environmentalist, to distributed solar pioneer, Miao Xin is one of…
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Singles Day is a disaster for our pockets, and the planet
Last year, China’s biggest shopping festival saw 125,000 orders processed every minute over 24 hours. This year promises to be even bigger... and that’s bad news for the environment.
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The startup heroes of China’s household solar revolution
China has seen enormous growth in renewable energy over the last few years. It now has both the largest and the fastest growing wind and solar sectors in the world.…
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Will 4.3 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones end up in the trash?
Right now Samsung is considering dumping 4.3 million brand new Galaxy Note 7 phones following nearly 100 cases of exploding phones around the world. That is equivalent to almost 730,000 kilograms of hi-spec technology! While Samsung made the right call in taking their phones out of circulation to avoid more accidents or injuries, the question is…
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Shaking up China’s food system- in Shanghai and beyond
Dried flowers of the Sanqi plant Greenpeace China’s campaign to push one of China’s biggest retailers to purge pesticides triggered food safety reform across the whole of Shanghai.…
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How can we avoid microbeads in Hong Kong?
Back in July, Greenpeace East Asia exposed how the microplastics found in some of our favourite makeup and personal care products are polluting our oceans. Every day in Hong Kong, 4.8 billion microplastics find their way into the sea, polluting marine environments and even having an impact on the seafood we eat.
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Pushing brands to detox: another domino has fallen
Like any other environmentalist, what drives me is a true belief in the idea of positive change through action. That if we work together, we can make the world a better place. While some changes are small and personal, and the effects can be seen immediately, sometimes change is harder won and takes time, effort…