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Air pollution responsible for 29,000 deaths across 31 Thai provinces in 2021— Greenpeace
In Bangkok, average PM2.5 concentrations exceeded the WHO’s annual mean Air Quality Guideline during every month of 2021 and were as high as nine times the WHO annual mean guideline during the worst polluted month of February, according to the Greenpeace report.
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Civil society sues Indonesian govt over failure to stabilise cooking oil price & supply
Indonesian NGOs Sawit Watch, HuMa, WALHI, ELSAM, Greenpeace Indonesia and PILNET have filed a public interest lawsuit amidst national controversy around a shortage of palm oil-based cooking oil.
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The Burden of Air Pollution in Thailand 2021 Report
PM2.5 air pollution was behind approximately 29,000 deaths in Thailand in 2021, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of IQAir data.
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Papuan Court Supports Protecting Indigenous Forests Against Palm Oil Plantations
Greenpeace Indonesia welcomes the Jayapura State Administrative Court’s decision to uphold the revocation of two palm oil company permits by the South Sorong Regent.
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Tips to save money while helping the environment
Reduce and reuse often go hand-in-hand. There are many affordable options available for all of us to explore.
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Landmark inquiry finds legal grounds to hold climate-destroying corporations accountable
This report is historic and sets a solid legal basis for asserting that climate-destructive business activities by fossil fuel and cement companies contribute to human rights harms. The message is clear: these corporate behemoths cannot continue to transgress human rights and put profit before people and planet.
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Nine people indicted for abusing crew members on Taiwan owned fishing vessel – Greenpeace response
The high seas fishing industry uses cost-cutting and illegal fishing tactics, forced labor, and other human rights abuses to stay profitable. This indictment on the nine people who worked on the Da Wang is indicative of a wider problem.
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Greenpeace Southeast Asia teams up with Discovery Networks for Earth Day 2022
This Earth Day collaboration hopes to shed light on the plastics crisis and invite the wider public to be part of the solution by choosing sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic.
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Greenpeace Philippines condemns varietal approval for so-called “golden” rice
Instead of ramping up support for farmers who are coping with skyrocketing costs of fuel, fertilizer, food and other farm inputs, and the snail’s pace release of subsidies, the DA has chosen to prioritize and even greased up the wheels of approval for a GM crop that has no proven benefits to farmers and consumers.
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On latest IPCC report, Greenpeace says PH gov’t must stop procrastinating on climate action
Greenpeace renewed its demand on the incumbent and incoming Filipino leaders to stop procrastinating on addressing the climate crisis. The group stressed the need to implement genuine solutions and to hold the world’s biggest polluters accountable for their contributions to worsening climate impacts.