Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily …
Delegates at the start of marathon climate talks in Thailand on Monday were told to speed up "painfully slow" negotiations as they struggle to settle on the outline of a tougher pact to fight global warming. The Bangkok talks, which run until October 9, is the last major negotiating round …
Environment watchdog Greenpeace on Thursday warned that the costs of the Paradip oil spill caused by the drowning of the Mongolian ship MV Black Rose on September 9, in terms of damage to ecology, could be far more than what a clean-up would involve. "As we move forward, the focus …
China laid out a plan to curb carbon emissions by 2020 and U.S. President Barack Obama called on all nations to act now to tackle global warming, as world leaders tried to inject momentum into climate change talks. With less than three months until a United Nation conference aimed at …
- Centre allows e-waste imports for recycling, activists cry foul G.S. MUDUR Hardware hazard New Delhi, Sept. 22: The Centre has approved the first legally tenable import of electronic waste for responsible recycling, angering environmental groups who say millions of kilograms of domestic e-waste is recycled hazardously. The environment and …
Rules to add costs to fuels that emit the highest levels of carbon dioxide would deny millions of Americans access to stable Canadian energy and add to the nation's security risks, an interest group backed by oil companies said Thursday. The Consumer Energy Alliance said a so-called low carbon fuel …
An e-mail that found its way to Greenpeace shows the US oil and gas lobby will give Barack Obama a tough time. The lobby is planning to stage public events to give the appearance of a groundswell of public opinion against a legislation that is key to the US president
Greenpeace India has called for mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods that are used by various food brands. The green organisation, which released a report ranking 16 leading brands, said Nestle, Cadbury, Kellogg, Britannia and Safal were among the
The United Nations should set up a war chest to help process the billions of dollars poor countries will be paid to slash their greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union has proposed. The facility would sit separately from an existing "Adaptation Fund," which aims to soften the impact of climate …
India said it expects its greenhouse gas emissions to jump to between 4 billion tons and 7.3 billion tons in 2031, a report said on Wednesday. Per capita emissions are estimated to rise to 2.1 tons by 2020 and 3.5 tons by 2030. The report is the nation's most sweeping …
This article investigates weaknesses of consumer boycotts. First, usual shortcomings of collective action, such as coordination failure and free riding, reduce considerably the success likelihood. Second, consumers with the highest ability to hurt the targeted firm
Indonesia appeared to bat away offers from other Southeast Asian countries to help stop haze pollution on Wednesday, leaving the region facing worsening skies as a result of a brewing El Nino weather pattern. Worried about the potential impact, environment ministers of the region met on Wednesday in Singapore to …
82 per cent Indian farmers want bio-fertilizers says study excessive use of synthetic fertilizers in India is reducing soil fertility and affecting food production, said a joint study by non-profit Greenpeace and West Bengal
New Zealand set itself a goal on Monday to cut carbon emissions by between 10 and 20 percent by 2020, holding off setting a hard target until a broader global climate pact now under negotiation takes shape. Business groups said it was a sensible range -- broadly in line with …
Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp joined forces with Greenpeace on Wednesday, pledging to conserve forests by getting wood fiber from environmentally responsible sources. In an announcement with the environmental group, which waged a nearly 5-year campaign against the company for clear-cutting in Canada's boreal forest, Kimberly-Clark said it would stop …
Mumbai A survey carried out by Greenpeace has revealed that the politicians of Mumbai are well aware of climate change and its threat to the planet, but most of them do not know what contributes to global warming. As part of the survey, the NGO posed 10 questions each to …
