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UPDATE: Is China doubling down on its coal power bubble?
In January-December 2015, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and provincial Environmental Protection Bureaus gave at least one positive permitting decision to a total of 210 coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 169 gigawatts – four power plants per week. This surge of approvals seems to have resulted from China’s decision to decentralize authority…
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China’s CO2 emissions continued to fall in 2015 – Greenpeace response
Beijing, 29 February, 2016 – Statistics released today by the National Bureau of Statistics show that a fall in China’s coal consumption and CO2 emissions continued for a second year in a row 2015. The fall in coal use over past two years was equal to Japan’s total yearly coal consumption. The trend is the…
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Clean Air Action Plan: The Way Forward
Greenpeace analysis of satellite-based particulate matter measurements over the past decade shows that China’s systematic efforts to combat air pollution have achieved an impressive improvement in average air quality in the country in the past few years – although pollution levels remain alarmingly high. In contrast, air pollution levels in India, and in particular North…
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Year in, year out, let there be fish
China’s rampant overfishing is threatening its most ancient traditions.
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China releases Tianjin report, but questions are left unanswered
Just two days before the lunar new year, China’s largest holiday, the Chinese government finally released its investigative report into the causes of the Tianjin blasts which rocked the Binhai…
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Greenpeace reaction to the State Council investigation report on the Tianjin Blasts
Beijing, February 6, 2016 - Following the release of the official Tianjin blast investigation report, Greenpeace urges the government to systematically review and reform the chemicals management system in China.
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ChinaChem to takeover Syngenta – Greenpeace statement
Beijing, 4 February 2016 - On the announcement of ChemChina to takeover the pesticide and seed company Syngenta, Philippe Schenkel, Ecological Farming Campaigner at Greenpeace Switzerland, said:
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Suspected Illegal Construction of Coal Chemical Plants in northwest China
Greenpeace, Beijing 14 Sept 2015 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has revealed evidence that 15% of all modern coal chemical projects currently under construction, or 8 out of 53, are likely proceeding without the required permission from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The eight offending projects are all located in arid and environmentally…
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Friday Five: Coal in Decline, 2015 City Rankings and Pigs
Friday round-up highlighting the news and commentary of the week: Air pollution in China abates, but winter a problem: Greenpeace [Reuters] Greenpeace China released its final city rankings for 2015,…
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Pipe Dreams
In this report, Greenpeace explores the development of China’s coal-to-chemical sector and environmental problems of the industry. We look at the efforts of one such SOE, the Datang group, one of China’s top 5 state-owned power sector giants, which had the ambition of building China’s largest and most advanced coal-to-gas plants, and its most extensive…