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Electricity consumption from China’s internet industry to increase by two thirds by 2023: Greenpeace
BEIJING, 9 September 2019 - China’s internet data center industry emitted an estimated 99 million tonnes of CO2 in 2018, new research from Greenpeace East Asia and the North China Electric Power University shows. Researchers found that increasing the sector’s renewable energy intake by 7% over the next five years would reduce carbon emissions by…
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Five jaw-dropping facts about sharks
It’s shark week! A full week devoted to one of our favorite sea creatures - and one of the most misunderstood.
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Why we need a Global Ocean Treaty (and how we’ll get it)
This UN treaty could be a game-changer for ocean protection. Here’s how it works, and how together we’ll make sure world leaders get it right.
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With poor oversight, China’s industrial parks no match for illegal wastewater dumping
Beijing, 21 May 2019 - With rampant illegal dumping, 18 out of 20 state-investigated Chinese provinces suffer from a severe lack of oversight in the industrial parks that were set up to tighten up wastewater management, which undercuts nationwide efforts to control pollution and runoff, problems that are exacerbated by an insufficient criteria framework and…
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The Inconvenient Mind Part 2-Recommendations 1
If concern alone would trigger climate action, present awareness and concern levels of climate change by the middle class people around the world , would be sufficient to achieve the political and societal changes necessary. However scientists increasingly point to natural cognitive processes like ambivalence, anxieties and denial, triggered by the very concern about global…
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The Inconvenient Mind Part 1_ Scientific Theories
For more than 35 years scientists have been advocating that the psychological impact of both Global Warming and the way it is reported needs to be considered when designing campaigns to change people's perceptions, attitudes and behaviours to support climate policy and change to more sustainable life-styles. Such cultural change is a must in order…
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Data from the global plastics waste trade 2016-2018 and the offshore impact of China’s foreign waste import ban
An analysis of import-export data from the top 21 exporters and 21 importers .
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Cash-strapped cities in China greenlight toxic land for development despite pollution: data
Beijing, 23 April 2019 - Chinese cities transfer polluted land sites on quick turnarounds that imperil proper clean-up and treatment, as many municipal governments depend on transfer fees for revenue, and in all made 104.9 billion RMB ($15.6 billion USD) in revenue from the sale of land plots, many former chemical plants, that were identified…
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China’s e-waste worth $23.8 billion by 2030
Beijing, 22 March 2019 - The value of metals discarded as electronic waste in China will total $23.8 billion USD by 2030, a sum that can be reclaimed through recycling and "urban mining" at cheaper costs than retrieving the same amount of metals through virgin ore mining, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia.
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Top 5 trends to keep your hopes up on climate
If you struggle to keep your chin up on climate change, we don’t blame you. To limit global warming within 1.5°C, climate scientists have urged us to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030. But with world leaders showing no strong will to deal with the issue, it’s not helping.