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We must put an end to modern-day slavery at sea
With the ever growing demand for seafood, commercial fishing vessels need to work overtime and catch as much as they can, whenever they can. For such a labor-intensive business, you would need a lot of man-power. Men from Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines end up working on these ships. For most, their freedom…
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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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How an Instagram hashtag is inspiring thousands to protect the oceans
If you follow artists and illustrators on Instagram, it is likely you’ve come across the #DrawThisInYourStyle challenge, where artists recreate others illustrations in their own unique style.
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The crunch question on climate: How can I help?
Working in climate and environment, you hear this question a lot. On one hand, environmental groups — including Greenpeace — will tell you that every action you take can make a difference. Every action counts!
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Greenpeace Statement on the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris
The Bangkok Declaration and the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris is a good example of how regional action can be achieved to address a common challenge. However, the Framework falls short of addressing the plastic pollution problem at root, by giving more focus to waste management rather than the need to reduce the…
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Why waste trade should be on the ASEAN summit agenda
Leaders from the 10 member nations that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are in Bangkok this week for another round of high level meetings to talk…
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ASEAN leaders welcomed by “mountain of trash” and calls to ban plastic and e-waste imports
Activists holding banners saying ‘No Space for Waste’ unveiled the spectacle during a protest by environmental groups, including Greenpeace, and community representatives from across Thailand outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand - which has been chosen as the ASEAN-National Secretariat - a major focal point during this week’s talks.
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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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Green groups to Nestlé: “Own up, pay up, clean up your act!”
Manila, Philippines — A day before Nestlé’s Annual General Meeting, over a hundred activists belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement trooped to Nestlé’s Philippine headquarters today to demand accountability for…