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11 February 2021

Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally - study

Carbon & Climate

Study: Fossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally

5 February 2021

The Banten Suralaya coal complex in Banten, Java. The station will use ultra-supercritical technology, and is mainly funded by state utility PLN with financial advice from DBS Bank. Image: Greenpeace

Policy & Finance

An Indonesian village held hostage by coal pleads for change

4 February 2021

A billboard promoting Gush paint in Singapore.

Lifestyle

Do these air pollution-busting devices actually work?

1 February 2021

Robert Downey Jr at the launch of Footprint Coalition at Davos

Policy & Finance

Robert Downey Jr's new green tech fund invests in The Liveability Challenge winner RWDC Industries

Bill Gates

Carbon & Climate

As companies chase net-zero, backers say carbon offsets are 'part of the answer'

29 January 2021

A Plastic Bank collection centre in the Philippines

Waste

Plastic Bank hires first Asia sales chief as social enterprise eyes ninefold growth in 2021

28 January 2021

Plastic bags in Singapore

Waste

Singapore retailers that charged for plastic bags saw 60% reduction in use

laundry hanging

Manufacturing

Tiny clothes fibres are washing into the oceans. What can garment makers do about the problem?

27 January 2021

The River Plastic Recovery System from Seven Clean Seas

Waste

Singapore contraption aims to clean up Asia's plastic-polluted rivers

Klean's reverse vending machines are scaling up their plastic waste movement across Southeast Asia

Waste

Malaysian reverse vending machine startup eyes scale to tackle plastic crisis

14 January 2021

Facing their Failure to meet 2020 Biodiversity Targets, World Leaders Pledge Action & Funds

Carbon & Climate

Facing their failure to meet 2020 biodiversity targets, world leaders pledge action and funds

13 January 2021

A Pacific International Lines vessel.

Transport

Singapore shipping company guilty of illegally dumping waste oil in US waters

12 January 2021

Ng Pei Kang

Waste

In the Covid era, circularity can be a new frontier as well as a desert: TRIA chief Ng Pei Kang

11 January 2021

A Muuse reusable cup in use in Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic. A rent and return trial has been running in the business cluster, Taikoo Place. Image: Muuse

Waste

How has container reuse scheme Muuse survived Covid?

8 January 2021

Dangers of Microplastics

Waste

‘Great concern’ as new study finds microplastics in human placentas

6 January 2021

coal power plant Tianjin, China

Carbon & Climate

2020: A dismal year for coal power

4 January 2021

Heavily packaged fruit in a supermarket in Singapore.

Waste

Could a plastic tax be coming to Asia?

Maggie Lee, United Nations Environment Programme

Waste

UNEP Southeast Asia plastics project lead Maggie Lee returns to WWF

19 December 2020

robot in migrant workers dormitory

Policy & Finance

Eco-Business' 10 most-read stories of 2020

11 December 2020

The Ocean Cleanup Interceptor

Waste

River vessels that sweep up marine trash to be built in Malaysia

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