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Cancelling new coal plants in Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan would save 50,000 lives a year
Hong Kong, 13 January 2017 - Approximately 50,000 lives a year could saved by 2030 if no new coal-fired power plants are built in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, according to a groundbreaking peer reviewed study from researchers at Harvard University and Greenpeace International.
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China raises hopes for continued climate change action at Davos – Greenpeace
17 January 2017, Davos - Chinese President Xi Jinping today addressed the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Under the theme "responsive and responsible leadership", Xi offered his view on a set of global issues including climate change, urging all parties to stick to the Paris Agreement instead of walking away from it,…
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Almost three quarters of Chinese cities yet to reach air quality national standards: Greenpeace
Beijing, 17 January, 2017 - Analysis of rates of air quality improvement from 366 cities across China shows that 270 cities, or 74%, fail to meet China’s national air quality standards. Greenpeace East Asia and the Shanghai Qingyue Environmental Protection Center [1] urge city governments across the country to ensure that timelines to meet the…
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5 Chinese “artivists” that took on China’s air pollution
With avenues of protest and online discussion strictly controlled, artists in China are finding increasingly creative ways to voice their frustration at their cities’ appalling air pollution.
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China releases its energy sector development 13th five year plan: Greenpeace response
Beijing, 5 January, 2017 - China’s National Energy Administration’s national energy sector development 13th five year plan firms up the country’s coal consumption cap and puts the country on the path of a steady energy transition. World-leading levels of investment in renewable energy will be maintained, with the country planning to invest RMB 2.5 trillion…
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460 million people in China are choking on dirty air
460 million people in China are currently choking under a cloud of smog larger than North America. China needs to speed up its renewables revolution!
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Smog engulfs area home to 460 million citizens as Northern China sees worst air pollution of 2016 – Greenpeace
Beijing, 20 December 2016 - Northern China’s 23-city air pollution red alert has become the most serious air pollution episode of the year, affecting a population equivalent to that of the US, Canada and Mexico combined. Approximately 200 million citizens across six provinces are experiencing “hazardous” levels of smog, and a further 260 million seeing…
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Red alert: What’s happening with Beijing’s air pollution?
As Beijingers wait to be engulfed by a slow-moving cloud of smog, data shows that air pollution progress is stalling.
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Beijing’s first air pollution red alert of 2016, coal burning the culprit – Greenpeace
Beijing, 16 December, 2016 - A Greenpeace East Asia analysis of air pollution statistics identifies industrial coal burning in Beijing’s surrounding provinces as the primary source of the pollution which has triggered the red alert measures for 16-21 December. Greenpeace East Asia calls on the government to accelerate China’s economic transition, further curb coal consumption…
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Media Update: Beijing PM2.5 carcinogen concentration falls as less coal burnt
Beijing, 14 November, 2016 - In 2013 Greenpeace East Asia, in collaboration with the Public Health Faculty of Peking University, reported that PM2.5 in Beijing contained levels of the heavy metal and group 1 carcinogen, arsenic, 3.85 times higher than the national standard.[1] The report also found worryingly high levels of two other carcinogens, cadmium…