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All posts tagged "environment"

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  S. Korea aims to have over 1 mln eco-friendly cars by 2020

  SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea will seek to have more than 1 million eco-friendly cars on the road by 2020 as part of its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate new growth momentum for its...

  • Posted December 8, 2015
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  Beijing issues first ‘Red Alert’ over smog, schools close

  BEIJING (AP) — Beijing issued its first-ever red alert for smog on Monday, urging schools to close and invoking restrictions on factories and traffic that will keep half of the city’s vehicles off the roads. The red...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  Clean energy is Korea’s new growth engine

  Park calls for global citizenship education in 1st UNESCO speech by Korean President By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye has set her sights on investing in new energy businesses as a growth engine for Korea, turning the...

  • Posted December 2, 2015
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  Seoul, Beijing agree to boost environment cooperation

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Mayors of Seoul and Beijing agreed Wednesday to set up an environment team within a joint committee in charge of various exchange projects, Seoul officials said. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, during his visit to...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  India, China need cleaner air just to keep death rate steady

  NEW DELHI (AP) — Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a report published Tuesday....

  • Posted June 16, 2015
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  LG to make Jeju free of carbon emissions by 2030

  By Kim Yoo-chul LG Group has joined with Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to push for new, eco-friendly energy businesses and make the island free of carbon by 2030. It said Thursday that it will convert the resort...

  • Posted May 29, 2015
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  Korea’s role crucial to fight climate change

  By Kang Hyun-kyung The risk of global warming is so serious that all countries, industrialized and developing, need to join hands in the global campaign to cut emissions, according to a French minister on Friday. Annick Girardin,...

  • Posted May 22, 2015
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