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S. Korea to Spend 95 bln Won on Research of Carbon-reduction Technologies

SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Thursday it plans to spend 95 billion won (US$81.5 million) to develop new solutions to cut the emission of carbon at local factories, in line with the country’s vision to go carbon neutral by 2050. The budget will be allocated to research projects for [...]

Sochi 2014’s Direct Carbon Footprint Mitigated before Opening Ceremony

SOCHI, Russia, Feb 04, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is the first Games in history to mitigate the entire direct carbon footprint of its Organizing Committee prior to the Opening Ceremony. Sochi 2014 officially announced today that over 520,000 metric tons (MT) of CO2 equivalents have already been mitigated through the “Sustainable [...]