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24 October 2019

haze in kl 2019

Food & Agriculture

Recent Indonesian fires razed an area the size of Puerto Rico

flooded village in nepal

Carbon & Climate

As climate impacts hit, cities are still struggling to prepare, researchers warn

Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever top polluters 2019

Waste

Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi top plastic polluter audit again as green groups slam recyclable packaging as 'false solution'

23 October 2019

Cebu Waste To Energy Plant

Waste

As the world's garbage piles up, controversy over waste-to-energy incineration continues

fish farm thailand

Food & Agriculture

As aquaculture booms, it's consuming more fish than it produces

22 October 2019

A freight truck sits in a parking lot.

Transport

The road to green freight in Southeast Asia

21 October 2019

Sky Greens’ vertical farming systems in the background. Each vertical tower requires only 40 watts of electricity to operate—the equivalent of one lightbulb. Image: Sky Greens

Energy

7 smart innovations from Southeast Asia to speed up the energy transition

SUV

Lifestyle

SUVs are driving more emissions growth than heavy industry, aviation or shipping

18 October 2019

bamboo scaffolding china

Waste

These three circular economy principles can help combat the climate crisis

17 October 2019

guimaras oil spill

Corporate Responsibility

Saving Guimaras island from the worst oil spill in the Philippines

14 October 2019

mumbai trees

Cities

Protests, petitions as green spaces in Indian cities vanish

11 October 2019

haze kalimantan indonesia

Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia urged to cooperate on taking firms to task over fire haze

10 October 2019

plastic bottles recycling

Waste

Companies’ solutions to global plastic crisis miss the mark

9 October 2019

Shenhua Jiujiang Coal Plant China

Energy

China’s largest coal power plants lagging in response to climate risks, says new study

arctic trailer screenshot

Carbon & Climate

‘What happens in the Arctic, doesn’t stay in the Arctic’—why the north pole matters to Asia

7 October 2019

October 2019. Eco-Business writer Sarah Lin, who was in Hanoi when AirVisual app reported 'hazarous' air quality, suffered a bleeding nose as a result of the haze. Image: Sarah Lin, Eco-Business

Carbon & Climate

Air quality app goes dark in Vietnam as hazardous haze hits Hanoi

cilacap coal plant indonesia

Energy

Hundreds protest pollution from coal-fired power plant in Indonesian village

4 October 2019

dhaka bangladesh

Cities

Can cities save the world?

28 September 2019

philippines drought

Carbon & Climate

Southeast Asia faces harsher dry seasons as El Niño effects worsen, warn climate scientists

27 September 2019

recyciing bins china

Waste

This new resource aims to help clear up recycling confusion

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