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Tag: Greenpeace

Posted inJapan

Japan to release Fukushima’s radioactive water into Pacific

by Andrew Salmon April 13, 2021April 16, 2021

In a long-anticipated decision, Japan announced Tuesday that starting two years hence it will release into the sea radioactive water held at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga addressed both technical and political concerns in a statement to media on the matter. “Disposing of the treated water is an unavoidable […]

Alibaba Cloud launched in 2009 and now has 52 international data centers. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip
Posted inOpinion

Asian investors can green China’s data power

by Ruiqi Ye July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States, World

China plays US as media and military go missing

by Grant Newsham December 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States, World

Chinese psyops vs US have been one hell of a success

by Grant Newsham December 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Koreans fear Fukushima radioactive water dump

by Todd Crowell August 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance

Waste not, want not in SE Asia

by Jim Pollard June 19, 2019February 18, 2020
A man sells newspapers  amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 10, 2017. Shashi Tharoor believes India's media have come to pollute public discourse. Photo: AFP / Dominique Faget
Posted inWorld

South Asia has four most polluted countries

by Asia Times staff March 5, 2019February 18, 2020
Susi Pudjiastuti, center, Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister, takes a tour of the USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during the ship’s recent visit to Bali. Photo: US Navy / Flickr.
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, Russia, World

Indonesia wants illegal fishing listed as crime

by Basten Gokkon February 4, 2019February 18, 2020
A minke whale is lifted from a 'research' whaling vessel in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2008. Japan is set to resume commercial whale hunting and will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission.Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun / AFP
Posted inAustralia, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania

Japan to resume whaling, but only in its territorial waters

by Andrew Salmon December 26, 2018February 18, 2020
A minke whale is landed from a research whaling vessel in Kushiro, Hokkaido  Prefecture, in May 2011. Japan's government may be planning to withdraw from the international body governing whaling. Photo: AFP/he Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia

Japan’s Christmas treat could be a whale of a feast

by Andrew Salmon December 21, 2018February 18, 2020
This photo taken on August 26, 2018 shows a vendor selling plastic bags and wrappers in the Khlong Toei market in Bangkok. Photo: AFP / Romeo Gacad
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Thailand, World

Thai officials discuss imposing a fee on plastic bags

by Asia Times staff October 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Plastic waste on the edge of a beach on the Freedom island critical habitat and ecotourism area near Manila. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Western-made plastic trash is killing Asia’s oceans

by Bong S Sarmiento August 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Greenpeace country director Tara Buakamsri holds a banana sold in a plastic bag by 7-Eleven, which he said was an example of the excessive use of plastic in Thai society. Photo: Rajat Sethi
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Mandatory levy needed on plastic bags, Greenpeace says

by Jim Pollard and Rajat Sethi July 24, 2018February 18, 2020
A policeman inspects piles of electronic waste at a factory in Klong Luang near Bangkok. The factory owner was charged with disposing of waste without permission and illegally employing foreign workers. Photo: AFP/ Bangkok Post/ Chanat Katanyu
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asian states urged to sign treaty to avoid ‘tidal wave’ of foreign trash

by Jim Pollard June 28, 2018February 18, 2020
A Greenpeace report claims Taiwanese authorities have failed to stop abuses in its fishing industry. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Taiwan

NGO says abuses rampant in Taiwan’s fishing industry

by Asia Times staff May 28, 2018February 18, 2020
A Chinese worker sorts through plastic bottles for recycling. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, United Kingdom, World

Trash talk is not a waste of time for China

by Gordon Watts May 25, 2018February 18, 2020
A child protects himself against air pollution by wearing a mask over his mouth in China. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Air pollution ‘killing seven million a year, mostly in Asia’

by Jim Pollard March 22, 2018February 18, 2020
An artist's impression of the Xiongan Civic Service Center, the first construction project in the massive Xiongan New Area development.
Posted inBeijing, China, World

Behind the glitz and glamour of President Xi’s ‘dream city’

by Gordon Watts February 25, 2018February 18, 2020
A truck-mounted mist cannon blows away dust in the air on a hazy day. Photo: Tencent
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, World

Fans, mist cannons and vaporizers tackle China’s smog

by Asia Times staff January 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Retired Admiral James Stavridis is escorted by Donald Trump's secretary, Madeleine Westerhout, as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York on December 8, 2016. Photo: AFP / Dominick Reuter
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Climate change may well be an ‘enemy.’ But a military one?

by Grant Newsham January 16, 2018

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