SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steel giant POSCO emitted the largest amount of greenhouse gases among local companies over the past five years, accounting for about 10 percent of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions, data showed Sunday. According to data that Rep. Lim Lee-ja of the ruling People Power Party received [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Using a multi-use parcel box costs 3.9 percent more but results in a greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 74.5 percent, the environment ministry said Wednesday. As a result of the trial of multi-use parcel boxes at eight distribution companies from last October to this August, the Ministry of Environment [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will try to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 as part of its efforts to tackle the worsening climate crisis and increase the use of renewable energy. Samsung, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of electronic devices and semiconductors, said it will try to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The mosquito population in the greater Seoul area has dropped significantly following the series of heavy showers last month. The Seoul Metropolitan Government collected 55,677 mosquitoes in August through a digital mosquito monitoring system set up in 25 districts, which was 35.8 percent fewer than last year. The number [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of disposable cups consumed at major cafe and fast food chains topped 1 billion last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a report showed Tuesday. According to the environment ministry report submitted to Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the ruling People Power Party, the number of disposable plastic and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group has slipped by one notch to fifth place in Greenpeace’s 2022 auto environmental guide that analyzed the decarbonization efforts by the top 10 global carmakers. The annual report released Thursday by Greenpeace East Asia ranks the top 10 global automakers after assessing them in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Typhoon Hinnamnor is forecast to make landfall near the southern city of Busan early next week, the state weather agency said Saturday. The powerful typhoon is forecast to land 70 kilometers southwest of the port city at 9 a.m. next Tuesday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Street trees are more effective at cooling down city temperatures than setting up shade canopies, a study indicated Thursday. The Seoul Institute of Technology conducted a field study in Mapo District and Jung District in July and August during the hottest part of the summer, which showed that shade [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday it will begin a trial that involves adding doors to open display cases used to showcase refrigerated foods. Lotte Super, a supermarket chain of South Korean retail giant Lotte, will be installing doors on its refrigerated display cases at a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Cooking with oil at school meal service facilities generates more carbon monoxide than cooking with water, a study showed Thursday. A research team from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency conducted a field investigation of 25 school meal service facilities and found that carbon monoxide emissions were significantly [...]