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Why I join ‘Oplan Hatid’ instead of staying home
as governments around the world struggle with the magnitude of the pandemic, we are seeing citizens rising up and braving the challenges to let fellow human beings—especially those from the most vulnerable sectors who have the least means to cope with the crisis—know that no one should be left behind!
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How to protect your home from the virus and still be eco-conscious
It’s inevitable for us to be exposed to all sorts of germs as we go through our day, be it at the office, school, restaurant, grocery store, and what with…
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There is no smoke without fire
The fires blazing in Indonesia, that have placed nearly 10 million children at risk, are linked to companies widely considered to be “sustainability leaders” in palm oil. Greenpeace International’s research found that Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle, and P&G are each linked to nearly 10,000 fire hotspots in 2019 alone.
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The importance of meat labelling
With our unhealthy food systems, there is a need for people to be more discerning and critical of what's being produced and sold in markets and groceries.
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Double Standard: How Japan’s Financing of Highly Polluting Overseas Coal Plants Endangers Public Health
'Double Standard Report' reveals the deadly consequences of the double standard, in terms of premature deaths caused by air pollution, and evaluates how many of those deaths could be avoided if the projects funded by Japan overseas applied the same emission limits as the new coal power plants in Japan.
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Japan funds toxic coal plants abroad emitting 13-40 times more pollution than domestic plants – Greenpeace analysis
The Japanese Government and its public finance agencies JBIC, JICA, NEXI are exporting pollution to other countries by funding coal-fired power plants abroad, that emit far more toxic air pollutants than would be allowed in Japan.
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New research exposes a crisis in the global trade of “recyclable” plastics
Hong Kong / Berkeley, USA — Water contamination, crop death, illness, and the open burning of plastic waste have all flooded into Southeast Asia along with the world’s “recycled” plastics,…
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Greenpeace calls out the true cost of coal at coal industry event in Bali, Indonesia
Major coal industry event Coaltrans started today in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, less than a week after the latest data from the World Health Organization showed that nine out of ten people are breathing air containing dangerous levels of pollutants.
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Polluting Paradise
How the Celukan Bawang coal-fired power plant is destroying the health and well-being of people in northern Bali.
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“Chief, there is fire at sea!”
Saturday 31 March 2018, Margasari Village Chief, Ride, woke up because some of the villagers came to report an extraordinary thing. Oil was creeping into their villages.