SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Geocentric Co., a chemical unit under South Korea’s SK Group, announced that it had signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, expressway operator Korea Expressway Corp. and bottled water brand Jeju Samdasoo to launch a campaign promoting the separate disposal of plastic bottles at expressway rest areas. [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are rising over the risk of the value chain for major sources of renewable energy like solar and wind power being dominated by China, a report showed Thursday. The report from the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the lobby for South Korea’s family-controlled conglomerates, gave a global forecast [...]
GWANGJU, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An environmental civic group in the southwestern city of Gwangju plans to make a street tree map as part of efforts to keep street trees healthy, respond to climate change, and improve the urban environment. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM)’s Gwangju branch on Wednesday signed an agreement [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Thursday it will provide an in-house developed ‘heat distribution map’ to municipal governments across the country, aimed at helping them better respond to heat waves this year. The heat distribution map provides information on average temperatures at a uniform interval of [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that carbon emissions may further exacerbate heavy showers. The Korea Meteorological Administration and the Seoul-based APEC Climate Center revealed Tuesday the forecast for extreme rainfall throughout 26 regions in the country. In a ‘high carbon scenario’ (SSP5-8.5), extreme rainfall will increase in strength by approximately [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Among major emitters of wastewater in the country, golf courses have jumped in number over the last 10 years. The National Institute of Environmental Research reported that as of 2020, more than 4.8 million tons of wastewater were being released from 54,870 locations in the country each day. The [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A formal decision has been made that the mechanical hum produced by the motors of wind turbines and a ‘whooshing’ sound produced by the blades moving through the air should be regarded as noise, and accordingly, compensation should be given to individuals residing near these turbines who suffer from such [...]
JEJU, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A project is underway to use insects like ptecticus tenebrifers to deal with rotten tangerines and food waste on the southern resort island of Jeju. The Jeju Agricultural Technology Center said Wednesday it is carrying out an organic resource processing technology trial project in collaboration with local company Insung [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of electricity generated from renewable energy in South Korea touched an all-time high in 2021 on government efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, data showed Monday. Electricity produced from renewable energy sources came to 43,085 gigawatt hours last year, accounting for 7.5 percent of the country’s total [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Air pollutants like sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide raise the risk of COVID-19 infection, a study showed Wednesday. A joint research team from CHA University and Kyungnam University conducted a study of 3,234 people who were infected with COVID-19 between January and April 2020 to look at how weather [...]