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South Korea’s AI Mega Projects Threaten National Carbon Targets Even with 220GW Renewable Expansion: Greenpeace Report
Despite South Korea’s target to expand renewable energy capacity to 220GW by 2040, incorporating power demand from upcoming industrial mega-projects into the 12th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand will make achieving the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) carbon reduction goals virtually impossible, according to a new report.
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Amid AI data center boom, China’s tech companies’ renewable energy percentages keep pace: Greenpeace report
Beijing – Data center and cloud computing providers in China maintained increased rates of renewable energy use through 2025, with some progress in corporate climate targets and disclosures, a new…
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Greenpeace AI x Energy Webinar: How Can East Asia Build a Sustainable AI Ecosystem?
The global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is running into a hard physical limit: the electricity grid. As technology companies build increasingly powerful models and deploy ever-larger computing systems, the digital…
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Greenpeace comment as China coal use under 50% for first time
Beijing – Coal-fired power plants accounted for less than 50% of
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NVIDIA’s FY2026 Sustainability Report Reveals Scope 3 Emissions Have Nearly Tripled Since 2024: Greenpeace Response
NVIDIA’s FY2026 Sustainability Report Reveals Scope 3 Emissions Have Nearly Tripled Since 2024: Greenpeace Response
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Greenpeace Criticizes South Korea’s Energy Plan as a “Fossil Fuel Swap,” Demands Full Clean Energy Transition Amid Geopolitical Crisis
Following the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment’s announcement of the “Energy Transition Promotion Plan” on April 6, Greenpeace East Asia has issued a response calling the government’s strategy inadequate, which risks failing to reduce the nation's dependence on volatile fossil fuels worsened by the war on Iran.
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Greenpeace: Middle East Tensions Aren’t the Culprit to Korea’s Economic Crisis—Fossil Fuel Dependency Is
The following is a statement from Greenpeace East Asia Seoul office regarding the economic crisis triggered by the Iran war and an urgent call for the South Korean government to abandon its reliance on fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to a self-sufficient, renewable energy system.
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Greenpeace East Asia’s comment on China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and Two Sessions
Beijing – At the opening of two sessions in Beijing on Thursday, China submitted the 2026 Government Work Report and a draft outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026 –…
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Greenpeace to Nvidia: An “AI Industrial Revolution” Cannot Be Powered by 19th-Century Energy
As Nvidia announces a staggering annual revenue of US$215.9 billion, Greenpeace East Asia raises concerns that CEO Jensen Huang’s vision for an "AI industrial revolution" is built on outdated energy sources.
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China’s power sector emissions peak within reach as new coal power approvals decline to 41.77 GW in Q1-Q3 2025: Greenpeace report
Beijing — New research from Greenpeace East Asia shows that China approved 41.77 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity nationwide in the first three quarters of 2025, and if…