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Greenpeace reaction to the State Council investigation report on the Tianjin Blasts
Beijing, February 6, 2016 - Following the release of the official Tianjin blast investigation report, Greenpeace urges the government to systematically review and reform the chemicals management system in China.
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ChinaChem to takeover Syngenta – Greenpeace statement
Beijing, 4 February 2016 - On the announcement of ChemChina to takeover the pesticide and seed company Syngenta, Philippe Schenkel, Ecological Farming Campaigner at Greenpeace Switzerland, said:
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Suspected Illegal Construction of Coal Chemical Plants in northwest China
Greenpeace, Beijing 14 Sept 2015 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation has revealed evidence that 15% of all modern coal chemical projects currently under construction, or 8 out of 53, are likely proceeding without the required permission from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The eight offending projects are all located in arid and environmentally…
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Friday Five: Coal in Decline, 2015 City Rankings and Pigs
Friday round-up highlighting the news and commentary of the week: Air pollution in China abates, but winter a problem: Greenpeace [Reuters] Greenpeace China released its final city rankings for 2015,…
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Pipe Dreams
In this report, Greenpeace explores the development of China’s coal-to-chemical sector and environmental problems of the industry. We look at the efforts of one such SOE, the Datang group, one of China’s top 5 state-owned power sector giants, which had the ambition of building China’s largest and most advanced coal-to-gas plants, and its most extensive…
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Greenpeace: China saw average PM2.5 levels fall by 10% in 2015, but 80% of cities still fail to meet national air quality standards
Beijing, 20 January 2016 - Greenpeace East Asia’s 2015 annual city rankings show that average PM2.5 concentration in 189 cities around China fell by 10% compared to 2014 levels. However, 80% of a set of 366 cities in China still fail to meet the national standard on air quality. Moreover, the smog experienced by Beijing…
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Greenpeace City Rankings 2015 Summary
Greenpeace East Asia’s 2015 annual city rankings show that average PM2.5 concentration in 189 cities around China fell by 10% compared to 2014 levels. However, 80% of a set of 366 cities in China still fail to meet the national standard on air quality. Moreover, the smog experienced by Beijing and other cities across northern…
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We did it! Victory for China’s Giant Pandas
2016 has kicked off with great news for Pandas!
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Contamination on the great north eastern plain: What I saw
There is something special about the soil and the air of the north eastern plain. On the boundary of inhospitable wilderness – the Mongolian steppes and the frozen forests of…
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Greenpeace sampling finds 93% of corn grown in China’s ‘breadbasket’ province of illegal GE strain.
Beijing, 6 January, 2016 – A Greenpeace East Asia investigation into corn production in Liaoning Province, one of China’s major breadbaskets, has found that 93% of random field samples and 20 of 21 samples from grain markets and supermarkets in the area tested positive for illegal genetically engineered (GE) contamination. The commercial production of GE…