Ethical and green living
- Asia Pacific, China, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Energy, Environment, Ethical and green living, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy
Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds
Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growt…
- Employment, Environment, Ethical and green living, Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, Global health, India, Life and style, Recycling, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonne…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Environment, Ethical and green living, Motoring, Technology, US foreign policy, US news
The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township
Plans for a sprawling factory in rural Michigan making batteries for electric cars offer an economic lifeline,…
- Business, Employment, Environment, Ethical and green living, Global development, India, Plastics, Recycling, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
‘The Body Shop held our hand’: how the troubled British firm helped a recycling startup in India
The high street retailer may be shutting shops in the UK but its legacy lives on for a plastics company which …
- Business, Energy, Environment, Ethical and green living, Global development, Global economy, India, Pollution, Recycling, Renewable energy, Solar power, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom
As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste …
- Asia Pacific, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Environment, Ethical and green living, Motoring, New Zealand, World news
New Zealand woman creates her own electric car for $24,000
Rosemary Penwarden says the vehicle, powered by home rooftop solar, has been running smoothly for three years …
- Delhi, Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars, Environment, Ethical and green living, India, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Travel and transport, Women, World news
Women with electric rickshaws combat Delhi’s toxic air – and its sexism
Break into male-dominated public-transport helps tackle city’s pollution crisis and safety concernsMonika Devi…
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‘No-waste’ Japanese village is a peek into carbon-neutral future
For 20 years Kamikatsu has led the way in the world’s second biggest producer of plastic wasteThe residents of…
- Asia Pacific, Environment, Ethical and green living, Europe, European Union, Italy, Malaysia, Plastics, Pollution, Recycling, Waste, World news
Italy told to stop using Malaysia as plastics dumping ground
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factoriesThe Italian government ha…
- Cities, Environment, Ethical and green living, India, Plastic bags, Plastics, Recycling, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
From rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic
The Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, India, is helping to tackle the country’s plastic waste problem – and their nov…
- Asia Pacific, Carbon offsetting, Climate change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Greenhouse gas emissions, New Zealand
No fly zone: I didn’t catch a plane for a year and saved 19 tonnes of Co2
A year without air travel taught me the path to carbon neutral won’t be easy, but I learned I could inspire ot…
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‘A sort of eco-dictatorship’: Shanghai grapples with strict new recycling laws
Steep fines and social credit penalties face people violating complex waste sorting rules – but some say the a…