Cancelling new coal plants in SE Asia, Korea, Japan would save 50,000 lives a year
World January 14, 2017 | 10:01 am
Hong Kong, 13 January 2017 - Approximately50,000 lives a year could saved by 2030 if no new coal-fired power plants arebuilt in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, according to agroundbr[...]
Espaillat tapped for US House Foreign Affairs Committee
World January 11, 2017 | 4:04 pm
Washington D.C. – Today, Congressman AdrianoEspaillat (NY-13) released the following statement following his appointment toserve on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs:
“I am honored t[...]
First national human rights investigation into climate change impacts proceeds despite opposition from fossil fuel companies
World December 8, 2016 | 9:12 am
Manila, 8 December 2016 – The Commission onHuman Rights of the Philippines (CHR) today initiated the next steps in theworld’s first-ever national investigation into human rights harms resulting[...]
Governments failing to enact even modest biodiversity targets, warns Greenpeace at biodiversity summit
World December 5, 2016 | 10:42 am
Cancun- The 13th Conference of the Parties of theConvention on Biological Diversity, meeting in Cancun from 4-17 December, willreview progress made towards the implementation of previous key commit[...]
IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2016 – Greenpeace response
World November 18, 2016 | 10:22 am
Hong Kong, 15 November 2016 - TheInternational Energy Agency’s (IEA) report World Energy Outlook 2016 outlinesthe world’s future energy mix, but refuses to take full account of thebreakthrough [...]
PFC pollution near chemical companies puts residents’ health at risk
World November 15, 2016 | 9:59 am
Vicenza, Italy, 14 Nov.- Greenpeace launcheda report today, identifying four pollution hotspots around the globe wherechemical companies producing per - and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) havecon[...]
Donald Trump pulls stunning upset to the White House
World November 9, 2016 | 7:13 am
Santo Domingo.- Republican nominee DonaldTrump was elected president of the United States Tuesday, in a stunning upsetthat defied nearly every prediction.
Trump surged over Hillary Clinton’[...]
Greenpeace warns of environmental disaster as Samsung dumps 4.3M phones
World November 1, 2016 | 9:12 am
Seoul.-Samsung’s lack of transparency on the disposal of Galaxy Note 7 leaves tons ofprecious minerals at risk of being discarded into the environment. According tocalculations by Oeko-Institut, [...]
Greenpeace blockades palm oil trader IOI in Rotterdam
World September 28, 2016 | 9:06 am
Rotterdam, 27 September 2016 – Greenpeace activists closedoff access for all imports and exports from palm oil trader IOI this morning inthe harbour of Rotterdam, palm oil’s gateway into Europe[...]
China averaged 29 chemical accidents per month so far this year: Greenpeace
World September 21, 2016 | 10:37 am
Beijing.- 232 chemical-related accidents occurred in Chinafrom January to August 2016, an average of 29 per month, according toGreenpeace East Asia’s ‘China Chemical Accidents Counter’. The a[...]
China and US to announce Paris Agreement plans ahead of G20
World September 2, 2016 | 8:55 am
Beijing. - Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Barack Obama ofthe US are expected to issue a joint statement showcasing their commitment tothe Paris Agreement at their bilateral meeting on 3 Septemb[...]
Nearly half of consumers think manufacturers should be responsible for recycling mobile phones
World August 15, 2016 | 11:07 am
Hong Kong, 15 August 2016 - Consumers say mobile phonemanufacturers are releasing too many new models, according to a surveyGreenpeace East Asia commissioned across six countries. In all countriess[...]
Iconic Cuban leader Fidel Castro turns 90
World August 13, 2016 | 9:54 am
Havana.- Both loved as a hero and hated as a dictator, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro turned 90 on Saturday. During his 48 years in power, he defied 10 US presidents, but now the island is[...]
CBP, Puerto Rico Police intercept 1,744 pounds of cocaine
World August 6, 2016 | 10:31 am
Santo Domingo.- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agents assisted Puerto Rico Police Department partners to intercept and seize 1,744 pounds (791 kilos) of cocaine, and arrest[...]
World’s largest carbon producers ordered to respond to allegations of human rights abuses from climate change
World July 28, 2016 | 9:39 am
Manila, 27 July 2016 - Companies responsible for themajority of fossil fuel products that have been manufactured, marketed, andsold since the industrial revolution and have contributed the lion’s[...]
Fugitive in New Jersey sex assault captured in Dominican Republic
World July 23, 2016 | 10:34 am
Santo Domingo.- A man who was on the run for six years after being convicted of committing a sexual assault in Garfield, New Jersey, was caught in the Dominican Republic and returned to Bergen Coun[...]
Dominican ex-president again in Caracas for talks to quell political crisis
World July 21, 2016 | 12:30 pm
Caracas.- South American Union of Nations (Unasu) secretarygeneral the Colombian Ernesto Samper, and the ex-presidents designated tomediate a possible political dialogue in Venezuela, met with offi[...]
Personal care products may still be polluting oceans despite promises by companies says Greenpeace
World July 20, 2016 | 10:05 am
Seoul. – A ranking of the world’s 30 largest personal carecompanies, published today by Greenpeace East Asia, shows that big brands arefailing to remove microplastics from their products. The r[...]
Dominican leader expresses condolences to the French people
World July 15, 2016 | 8:17 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday expressedhis and Dominicans’ condolences to the French people for the terrorist attackthat took the lives of more than 80 people in Nice.
Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins endorses Espaillat for Congress
World June 20, 2016 | 12:55 pm
New York, NY – Today, State Senate Democratic ConferenceLeader Andrea Stewart-Cousins threw her support behind State Senator AdrianoEspaillat in the race for Congress in New York’s 13th Distric[...]
