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7-Eleven announces single-use plastics phase-out in Taiwan, first in Asia: Greenpeace responseMay 6, 2021TAIPEI, 6 May 2021- 7-Eleven Taiwan has announced that it will phase out single-use plastics by 2050, the first major convenience store chain in Asia to do so.
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Tencent beats out Alibaba, Baidu in Greenpeace’s China tech industry rankingApril 21, 2021BEIJING, 21 April, 2021 – Tencent took the top spot among cloud providers in Greenpeace East Asia’s latest clean energy scorecard for China’s tech sector, beating out Alibaba, which fell…
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Greenpeace Warns of High Risk for Further Waves of New Coal Plant Approvals in China: dataMarch 29, 2021Beijing, 29 March 2021 – New research from Greenpeace East Asia found that 46.1 gigawatts (GW) of new coal capacity was approved in 2020 — more than the previous three…
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Greenpeace Report Finds Carbon Border Tax From Major Export Countries Likely To Incur a Levy of US$530 million Per YearJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021 (Seoul) – A new report released by EY Korea and commissioned by Greenpeace Seoul suggests that if Korea’s response to the climate crisis is delayed, the competitiveness…
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Biodegradables will not solve China’s plastics crisis: GreenpeaceDecember 17, 2020BEIJING, 17 December 2020 - Increased production of biodegradable plastics will not solve China’s plastics pollution crisis, a new report from Greenpeace East Asia shows. If the rush to produce…
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Greenpeace report troubleshoots China’s electric vehicles boom, highlights critical supply risks for lithium-ion batteriesOctober 30, 2020Beijing, 30 October 2020 — Lithium-ion batteries decommissioned from electric vehicles (EVs)and repurposed for energy storage can meet the entire world’s energy storage needs as earlyas 2030 — when repurposed…
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China announces enhanced climate commitments: Greenpeace responseSeptember 23, 2020Beijing, 23 September 2020 – In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, China’s President Xi Jinping pledged that China will peak its CO2 emissions before 2030…
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Greenpeace releases first-ever clean energy scorecard for China’s tech industryJanuary 8, 2020BEIJING, 9 January 2020: Greenpeace East Asia and the North China Electric Power University have released their first-ever renewable energy ranking of China’s tech giants.
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China, Korea and Chile challenge Japan over Fukushima contaminated water crisis at United Nations maritime meetingNovember 15, 20199 October 2019, London, The Japanese government was challenged today by several UN member states and Greenpeace at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization in London. States parties to…
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Electricity consumption from China’s internet industry to increase by two thirds by 2023: GreenpeaceSeptember 9, 2019BEIJING, 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…