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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…
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With poor oversight, China’s industrial parks no match for illegal wastewater dumpingMay 21, 2019Beijing, 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…
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Cash-strapped cities in China greenlight toxic land for development despite pollution: dataApril 17, 2019Beijing, 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,…
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China’s e-waste worth $23.8 billion by 2030March 22, 2019Beijing, 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…
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Greenpeace survey reveals impact of climate change on glaciers in ChinaNovember 20, 2018Beijing, 20 November, 2018 -- The rate of glacier melt at key sites in western China has increased dramatically in recent decades, new research from Greenpeace East Asia shows. Satellite…
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Glacial lake in western China bursts, annual average temperatures in area up 2 to 3 °C since 1961August 15, 2018Beijing, 15 August, 2018 - A glacial lake in Xinjiang, China burst in the early morning of August 10, releasing 35 million m³ of floodwater into the Yarkant River Basin.…