Image: Philippine National police unload boxes of water bottles, at the port of Sasa, in Davao City. © Steve De Neef / Greenpeace This piece was originally published on Greenpeace International, December 10, 2012. Doha was my...
December 18, Beijing – An estimated 8,572 premature deaths occurred in four major Chinese cities in 2012, due to high levels of PM2.5 pollution, a joint study by Greenpeace East Asia and Peking University’s School of Public Health has concluded.
This is a summary of a report that studies the health risks and economic loss linked to PM2.5 in four major Chinese cities, and assesses the potential public health and economic benefits given effective improvement of PM2.5 pollution control...
As the trade war over solar panels between the United States and China continues to heat up – with Europe also none too happy – Greenpeace East Asia has released a report examining the state of the other important renewable energy...
This was originally posted on Greenpeace International on December 10, 2012. Today is the International Human Rights Day and what better way to mark it than by launching a court case against injustice in South Korea. With so...
I woke up this morning in a nice little hotel in Siem Reap. It was six-thirty in the morning but it was already quite hot. It was going to be such an exciting day, I thought to myself, already going through in my mind the whole list of...
I am bringing some very beautiful pictures to the 8th Angkor Photo Festival that runs from December 1-8. They are pictures of wind turbines from different parts of China. Either in the middle of the desert in northwestern China, or...
Every day, you rely on your computer, mobile phone, or tablet to be more productive, or just to have fun. Gadgets can make our lives better, but the rate at which we collectively purchase and discard them is having a serious impact on...
Beijing, 14 November. Greenpeace International and the Global Wind Energy Council released their bi-annual report on the future of the wind industry in Beijing today. The fourth edition of the Global Wind Energy Outlook shows that wind power...
Greenpeace in South Korea are telling the stories of ordinary citizens that are firmly against nuclear energy in the country. Pictured is Mr Gimjungha , a cattle farmer who along with his wife have one son and three daughters. His youngest...
Last week Reuters reported that China will approve a small number of new nuclear reactors before 2015 to be built in coastal regions. Greenpeace has always fought - and will continue to fight - vigorously against nuclear power...
Greenpeace campaigners in Hong Kong protest at one of the city's shopping malls. Due to a certain pricing scheme, the malls leave their lights on all night, thereby wasting a lot of energy. Our campaigners took advantage of the Halloween holiday...
This piece was originally published on Greenpeace International, October 8, 2012. I am at a detention centre at South Korea's airport, quickly writing these few words as best I can on a mobile phone. Together with my colleague, Dr.
Seoul, South Korea, 8 October 2012 - Greenpeace International nuclear campaigners have again been denied entry to South Korea, making it crystal clear the government in Seoul is trying to silence nuclear critics.
The following is taken from the latest " China Wind Power Outlook 2012 ". Wind power is globally recognized as an effective way to mitigate climate change, improve energy security, and support low-carbon industrial and economic...
Along with the Asia Society Center, Greenpeace held a photography exhibition in Ping Yao exploring pollution in China. Here an onlooker has a close look at a series of images we took documenting the water crisis in northwestern China due to the...
You did it. For over six months, huge numbers of us have been pressuring Shell to stay out of the Arctic. Well this week company bosses announced they were scrapping their oil drilling programme for this year. It's a huge ...
September 18, 2012, Beijing – China continued to be the world’s leader in installed wind power capacity in 2011 with an increasingly diversified wind power market, according to the report China Wind Power Outlook 2012. The report was jointly...
Wind power is globally recognized as an effective way to mitigate climate change, improve energy security, and support low-carbon industrial and economic growth. China, currently one of the world’s biggest energy consumers, has been the world...
If only the sky was blue like in the fake backdrop on the left side of this photo, rather than the polluted, grey skies behind it! Last week Beijing's air was particularly polluted, with levels at the 300 mark, indicating severe levels of pollution.
This post originally appeared on Greenpeace International . In the Greenpeace office, staff have developed a bad habit. We take our seats, switch our computers on and click on the bookmark to the National Snow and Ice Data Center...
Heimajing Village, Awang Township, Dongchuan District, Yunnan. 68 year old Xiuying Du is digging carrots to feed pigs. She and her sister-in-law planted carrot seeds but after a year the carrots are still only a finger's size. The drought is...
August 14, 2012, Beijing – At least some 10 billion cubic meters of water – equivalent to about one sixth of the annual total water volume of the Yellow River – will be consumed by 16 new coal power bases in China in 2015, triggering severe water...
As China’s economy grows, its thirst for energy - nearly 70% of which now comes from coal - worsens. The world’s second largest economy will construct 16 large-scale coal power bases, predominantly in western areas of the country over the...
A yak and sheep cross near Eling Lake, Madou County, Qinghai, China.
Chinese pop musician, Hu Haiquan, of Yu Quan fame, went with Greenpeace to the Arctic. He found out why the home of the precious polar bear needs to be saved. To become an Arctic Defender like Haiquan, visit: http://www.savethearctic.org/
Hu Haiquan is one half of Yu Quan; one of the most famous pop duos in mainland China. He went with Greenpeace to the Arctic to find out more about the area and the rapid changes currently taking place at the very top of our planet. ...
A Tibetan nomadic family at home in their new house in the Hua Shi Xia township. Environmental conditions have forced them from their traditional way of life. The Chinese government has supplied electrical appliances - TV, Stove, and furniture,...
Lam Fai Fred (林輝) is a popular social activist from Hong Kong with many regular columns in local newspapers. Fred joined Greenpeace in the Arctic to learn more about this pristine region and vital sea ice research.
I am a selfish person. I like nice, beautiful things and places. And I want to visit them in my lifetime. I know we're supposed to take care of our environment for our children and our children's children and all that, but I don't...
Glacier collapse on the western side of the Anemaqing mountain. Section of the Glof showing ice wall collapse. In April 2004, a huge snow avalanche took place at about 38 km from Xiadawu township on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. With a combination...
Nuclear power, once the domain of scientists in labs and far away from the thoughts of the rest of us, is fast becoming a debate held between every day people.
The Arctic landscape and Arctic Sunrise are reflected in the sunglasses of Chinese pop star Hu Haiquan, as he looks across Liefdefjorden. He was part of an international crew on a month-long expedition in the icy Arctic. Greenpeace is campaigning...
Last week, as China’s icebreaker, the Xuelong (“Snow Dragon”) set sail from the port of Qingdao, heading for the Arctic with an international crew on board, Greenpeace’s ship, the Arctic Sunrise , a Greenpeace vessel, set sail...
Three Greenpeace activists dressed up as Justice Bao (a symbolic figure in Chinese history who represents justice) to present a warrant to our Secretary for the environment. It was the first day for the new head of Environment Bureau, and...
If you think the Arctic has nothing to do with you, then you are wrong. It took me 30 hours of flying and another 30 hours on the Arctic Sunrise to get here. That is a lot of travelling – but there is a story unfolding up...
(L-R) Kongkee, Tsang Tsui Shan, Leila Tong, Fred Lam, Janet Hsieh, Kay Tse, Chet Lam and Joey Leung Cho-Yiu. Singers, filmmakers, television stars, fashion designers and activists from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China have all...
Svalbard, Norway – The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise will depart on Friday for a month-long expedition in the icy Arctic as part of the environment group’s new campaign to save the pristine region.
A clear day vs a smoggy day in Beijing. On June 5, World Environment Day, China’s environment ministry published its annual “ state of the environment ” report as normal. But this year, the launch attracted unusual levels of...
At the south side of Mt. Geladandong’s main peak, a Greenpeace campaigner and a local man hold a banner reading “Save the climate, protect our water.” Back in 2009 this was Greenpeace's fourth expedition in five years to investigate the rapid...
Last Friday Rashid Kang, Organizational Development Manager for Greenpeace Seoul, was AGAIN deported upon arrival to Korea. This is the third time Greenpeace senior staff have been deported this year. In April three senior staff of...
Jiayu Pass, lying to the west of Jiuquan, is the western starting point of the existing Great Wall of China. The pass was a significant defense system to keep away enemies coming from west, and an indispensable stopping station of the ancient...
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