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 …
To mark World Environment Day, Greenpeace launched a campaign to save the Amazon rainforest with the cooperation of the government of Brazil ( Down To Earth , Vol 8, No 2). Thilo Bode, executive director of Greenpeace International said, "The fight against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest will be …
on april 15, 1999, natives of Alaska delivered a message directly to oil giant bp Amoco's annual general meeting ( agm), telling shareholders what the management had refused to acknowledge until now: the company's drive for new oil worldwide threatens their culture and livelihood. Three Alaskan natives travelled thousands of …
Environmental pressure group Greenpeace has urged Mexico to ratify two regional cooperation treaties which are crucial for the protection of endangered sea turtles. Although Mexico's environmental laws are more advanced than many of its neighbours, its failure to ratify international agreements it has signed has undermined its attempts to protect …
in the 1960's, when the Netherlands' economy boomed and politicians promoted "a motor car for every labourer', bicycles were seen as the poor man's transport. But Luud Schimmelpenninck, then in his early twenties and a hippie, thought differently. Under his leadership, a group of rebellious student hippies launched Provo, a …
greenpeace , an international environmental group, has condemned Japan for its attempt to "expel' Greenpeace from International Whaling Commission ( iwc ) meetings. Greenpeace feels that this is due to its continued campaign against Japan's whaling operations. In a press statement John Frizell of Greenpeace said: "Greenpeace has played an …
environmental group Greenpeace has released a document revealing secret efforts by Russian officials to secure lucrative contracts to allow illegal dumping of nuclear wastes from Switzerland, Germany, Spain, South Korea and Taiwan in Russia. The document, "Protocol of Intentions', is linked to another leaked document published by Greenpeace on January …
Greenpeace activists from Brazil, Argentina, Spain, usa, Germany and Ghana cemented a discharge pipe belonging to a Dow Chemicals plant at Guaruja in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pipe, hidden in a mangrove area, was discharging effluents into river Rio da Pouca Saude. According to the sample data collected by the …
THE Russian branch of Greenpeace has launched a campaign for a more rational use of forests, Russia's greatest assets. The former Soviet Union occupies one sixth of the world's land surface, much of which is covered by evergreen trees. Yet the plumpest, best-shaped firs at the Moscow market are imported …
The stand-off between Greenpeace activists and a shipping company at Botany Bay harbour in Sydney, Australia, has come as a wake-up call for South Asian countries where ship-breaking is a growing and for few, a very lucrative industry (Down To Earth, Vol 6, No 20). In a high-pitch drama, activists …
greenpeace, the us -based environmental group, released a report showing that the environmental impact assessment ( eia ) on completion of nuclear reactors Khmelnitsky 2 and Rovno 4 in Ukraine. The report states that the reactors do not comply with European Union ( eu ) standards. Both are Soviet designed …
Greenpeace, an environment organisation has accused the state-owned petroleum company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), of violating conservation laws by dumping vast amounts of toxic wastes into swamps and forests on the Gulf Coast. "Pemex is the main environmental criminal in Mexico,' said Alejandro Calvillo, a Greenpeace director. The suit was filed …
Greenpeace and wind energy experts have said that concerted action by the governments could see close to a million megawatt of wind powered-systems installed worldwide within next 20 years. This will be enough for powering 500 million typical European households with renewable energy. They were presenting an international study at …
EVEN as international negotiations are on to eliminate the use of at least 12 persistent organic pollutants (POPS), India has emerged as their major user, producer and distributor. Moreover, countries such as Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, as well as India, are stuck with obsolete but potent stockpiles with no proper disposal …
SWEDEN became the third European Union member state to impose a ban on phthalate softeners in plastic vinyl chemical (PVC) toys. The ban will come into force early next year. The Swedish government issued a statement saying it does not want children below the age of three to get exposed …
DECREASED sea ice extent and thickness, an early onset of spring and an influx of insects and other animals from the south are some of the changes which Alaska natives have identified in personal testimonies on the impact of climate change, compiled by a Greenpeace report. While July, 1998, was …
STUDIES have revealed that Cogema, the operator of the state-owned La Hague reprocessing plant, has installed inadequate equipment off the plant's discharge pipe, 30 metres under the sea, in a futile attempt to prevent the routine discharge of radioactive particles into the ocean. According to Greenpeace, an international environmental group, …
an israeli ship Aribelwas recently intercepted while pumping toxic wastes into international waters off Haifa, Israel. The dumped material is very acidic and contains heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium and mercury. The environmental pressure group, Greenpeace, has appealed to the government of Israel to stop regular dumping of toxic …
Due to pressure from the European Union (EU) countries, the European Commission has said that genetically modified food will only have to be labelled when its presence is proven. The EU dropped its requirement that foods should carry "may contain" labels when it is uncertain if they include genetically modified …
SEVERAL Indian voluntary organisations held a demonstration in front of the ministry of environment and forests (MEF) on April 17, demanding that India ratify the Basel convention and stop all imports of hazardous wastes. Greenpeace activists from at least seven countries were present at the demonstration. They later met the …
THE proposed industrial expansion in India has motivated Greenpeace (GP), the international environmental non- governmental Organisation (NGO), to broadbase its operations in.India. GP Will expand its activities in a phased manner leading to a full-fledged Organisation, Greenpeace India (GPI), in two years. Its first task would be to help carry …
