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 …
In a pledge to save the Mahan forests of Singrauli from coal mining, people from across 10 cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, sent over 8,900 rakhis to the forest dwelling communities of Mahan forests. Over 1,000 community members including a large number of women and children from about 24 …
A Chinese coal company has been operating illegal open-pit mines in alpine meadows on the far-western Qinghai plateau, potentially endangering one of the country’s largest rivers, a new investigation has found. Four open cast mines on the Muli coalfield, operated by the private corporation Kingho Group, could seriously endanger a …
However, Adani plans to go ahead with the project as envisaged The Adani Group’s $16 billion investment in an Australian coal mine has come under attack from environmental group Greenpeace, which said the project was economically unviable and threatened the local ecosystem. Greenpeace on Monday said Australian Environment Minister Greg …
Mahan Coal Ltd has downloaded from the internet an Intelligence Bureau (IB) report on environmental non-government organisations (NGOs), purportedly secret, and given it to the National Green Tribunal to claim it is being targeted as part of a "Western foreign policy" conspiracy hatched by "foreign masters". A joint venture of …
China has warned operators against "blindly" developing projects to turn coal into synthetic fuel, underlining the requirements needed for regulatory approval as companies rush into investments that are costly and might harm the environment. The warning, published by the National Energy Administration (NEA) on its website (www.nea.gov.cn) on Tuesday, came …
Even as Greenpeace Australia denies charges of targeting an Indian energy major led by Gautam Adani for reasons other than environment safety, the Adanis say green activists are hampering India's progress and job creation in Australia. "Greenpeace's campaign is not even specific to Adani. It is against any company from …
Jakarta: Office supplies companies should stop stocking PaperOne copy paper, whose fibres come in part from high conservation tropical forests now being logged in Indonesia, Greenpeace says. The call, being made to Australian retailers including Office Choice, Office Brands, and Smart Supplies, represents an intensification of the green campaign against …
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gates of a Chevron shale gas exploration well in eastern Romania on Monday, blocking access to the site and urging the leftist government to ban fracking. Romania could potentially hold 51 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, which would cover domestic demand for more …
The morning after I landed in the Brazilian state of Pará, I joined a pair of state government officials heading to an event in a municipality of Terra Alta, located 70 miles inland from the capital of Belém. It turned out they were honored guests, and as we approached we …
The IB report claims Greenpeace’s “funding of research bodies” is a “massive effort” that has not attained high visibility so far. An Intelligence Bureau report on foreign-funded NGOs “negatively impacting economic development” in India has called Greenpeace “a threat to national economic security”, citing activities ranging from protests against nuclear …
Brazil's success in reducing deforestation in the world's largest rainforest has been much heralded, but progress may stall unless farmers, ranchers and other land users in the region are provided incentives to further improve the environmental sustainability of their operations, argues a study published this week in the journal Science. …
Adidas has thrown off an investigation and subsequent protest from Greenpeace about the presence of dangerous chemicals in official World Cup merchandise. Last month's investigation from Greenpeace discovered hazardous substances in numerous Adidas products. But the sportswear giant has told edie that its entire inventory 'fully meets all legal requirements'. …
A group of nongovernmental organizations is warning executives of major greenhouse gas emitting companies that they could face personal liability if they are found to have been involved in funding climate denial or opposing policies to fight climate change. Greenpeace International, World Wildlife Fund and the Center for International Environmental …
Global sportswear brands Adidas and Nike have been rapped by Greenpeace for producing football merchandise containing high levels of hazardous chemicals ahead of the 2012 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. A recent investigation by the environmental organisation discovered hazardous substances in 33 items purchased across three continents - including boots, …
Illegally logged timber in Brazil is being laundered on a massive and growing scale and then sold on to unwitting buyers in the UK, US, Europe and China, Greenpeace claimed on Thursday. After a two-year investigation, the environmental campaign group says it has uncovered evidence of systematic abuse and a …
They have asked for complete waiver of their share of renewable power obligations It is not the first time that the power distribution companies in the Capital have failed to fulfil their obligation to source a partial share of power from green and renewable sources. But what is new is …
Activists say the Queensland government was giving ‘keys to the blood bank to Dracula’ A mining company's corporate affairs chief has been in charge of developing environmental policy for Queensland's Liberal National party government since 2012, according to reports. James Mackay, QCoal's corporate affairs chief, also worked full-time for the …
Greenpeace, an NGO working for environment protection, has demanded assessment of water diversion to power plants in the state following the water position in reservoirs of Marathwada. The water resources department's (WRD) figures released on April 28 reveal that the water levels of the region are a dismal 30%. The …
Power companies have told the regulator that they are not in a position to meet their renewable power obligations (RPO). In the tariff petitions for the financial year 2014-15, the discoms have requested Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to waive off their RPO in the in terest of consumers or consider …
