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South Korea to fine firms for greenwashing
It will be the first government in Asia to dish out fines for false or exaggerated green claims. But campaigners say the maximum US$2,300 fine does not go far enough to address the problem.
As locals await relocation and environmentalists raise concerns over impacts on the Mekong’s ecology, the future of the planned Phou Ngoy dam looks uncertain.
As the global market for coffee capsules grows, so does the waste associated with it. The global footprint of annual coffee capsule waste is some 576,000 metric tons—the combined weight of about 4,400 school buses.
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