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 …
Asking Maharashtra government to take the weak monsoon forecast and low reservoir levels in the state seriously, NGO Greenpeace today demanded urgent assessment of water diversion to thermal power plants. “Last week, two new pieces of information were released — one by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and another by …
Paper company responds to criticism with 1m hectare conservation plan but green groups say it won't stop loggers Asian Pulp and Paper, one of the world’s biggest paper companies, is to support the conservation of 1m hectares of rainforest in Indonesia, as a way of reducing its impact on the …
Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centres with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its devices and online services. The iPhone and iPad maker is detailing its efforts to cultivate a greener Apple …
China's capital has ordered more than 50 companies to shut down this year in an effort to cut pollution but pushing factories out could raise objections in surrounding areas reluctant to host Beijing's polluters. Smog-shrouded Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei have become a front in a "war against …
Greenpeace recently protested outside Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco, asking the social network to make its tweets green. Greenpeace, the watchdog environmental group conducted a research 'Clicking green' according to which Twitter got F's for "energy transparency," "energy efficiency and mitigation," and renewable energy deployment and advocacy," Meanwhile it got …
Essar group has lodged a complaint with a trial court in Singrauli seeking action against international environment watchdog Greenpeace India for allegedly instigating villagers in and around Mahan coal block area. The group also sought security for its power plant. Greenpeace rubbished Essar's allegations saying it is yet another attempt …
In a significant finding, the global environment group Greenpeace has applauded Apple, Facebook and Google for committing to power their data centres with 100 percent renewable energy. It, however, criticised Amazon and Twitter for their data centres in coal areas and failing to reveal energy use. “The rise of social …
Apple Inc, Google Inc and Facebook Inc have made significant progress in adopting renewable energy sources to power their Web services, the environmental group Greenpeace said in a report on Wednesday. But energy-hungry data centers operated by some of the Internet industry's top companies remain overly reliant on carbon-emitting coal …
Environmental group Greenpeace today moved the Election Commission, seeking annulment of the GEAC decision to revalidate the field trials for ten varieties of genetically modified (GM) food crops. In its letter to Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath, Greenpeace India Executive Director Samit Aich also asked the Election Commission to …
Apple's labour practices are under attack by two activist groups who contend the company makes its iPhones with a hazardous mix of chemicals that threaten the health of factory workers assembling the devices in China. The campaign began Wednesday with an online petition put together by China Labor Watch, a …
Marking three years of the Fukushima disaster, AAP leader and Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan raised the pitch against the government’s attempt to bypass supplier liability provisions in their current negotiations with the Russians on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. “The cost of the Fukushima disaster has been conservatively estimated …
Says genetically modified crops have an adverse impact on human health The coalition for a gene modification (GM) Free India in the state has begun holding a series of public meetings to oppose GM field trials. The Environment Ministry had allowed gene modification (GM) trials of more than 200 varieties …
A study conducted by Greenpeace India, a voluntary organisation working on environmental issues, has reported an alarming rise in the concentration of harmful nitrates in drinking water in Malwa. For this, scientists blame rampant use of chemical fertilisers. The quality of milk is also believed to be critical in Punjab …
Australia approved coal port expansion plans that involve dredging and dumping millions of cubic metres of sand near the Great Barrier Reef despite earlier warnings from an independent agency that the work could damage the reef. The warnings emerged in documents obtained by environmental activist group Greenpeace, which is fighting …
Patrick Moore, co-founder and former member of Greenpeace, has claimed that climate change is not man-made. Moore, a Canadian ecologist, told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that environmentalists use faulty computer models and scare tactics in promoting claims man-made gases are heating up the planet, Fox …
Europe's 10 biggest utilities, produce more than half of Europe's power, but only a tiny percentage is from the new green energy sources that could revive their profits, a report from campaign group Greenpeace said on Thursday. Traditionally profitable utility companies have been hurt by an EU-wide shift towards renewable …
Villagers of Singrauli district will launch a protest against forest clearance given to a joint venture of Essar Power Ltd and Hindalco Industries Ltd to mine coal at Mahan forests on Thursday. Protest will be held under the banner of Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS), with those owing an allegiance to …
CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, Indonesia: Environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of responsibility for the destruction of Indonesian rainforests and the habitat of endangered orangutans and tigers. In an extensive new report, Greenpeace said the company was using Indonesian palm oil from suppliers with links …
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has found traces of chemicals that can pollute waterways in children's clothing and shoes made by luxury brands, challenging the sector's reputation for higher standards than those of mass fashion. In a report issued on Monday just before Milan Fashion Week, Greenpeace said it found the …
The ancient forests of Mahan in Madhya Pradesh consisting of virgin sal trees covers an area of over five square miles. Because this forest was so dense and pristine, former environment ministers Jairam Ramesh and Jayanthi Natarajan refused to be privy to their destruction. In fact, Mr Ramesh, who did …
