SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s air pollutant emission-cap management system, which has been enforced in Seoul since 2008 to manage the capital’s air quality, will be expanded to cover almost all parts of the country this week, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. The emission-cap system allocates yearly emission allowances to workplaces, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s fine dust emissions from coal-based power plants moved down 36 percent in the first three weeks of December from a year earlier, data showed Monday, after the country scaled down the operations of such plants for winter. Emissions of fine dust from local coal plants reached 828 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government finalized a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32 percent from 2017 levels by 2030, the Ministry of Environment said Tuesday. As part of the efforts to cut down greenhouse gases blamed for global climate change, the government aims to increase the cumulative supply of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Chemical companies are alleged to have colluded with air pollutant measurement firms to manipulate data on emissions of fine dust, the environment ministry said Wednesday. A total of 235 chemical factories located in the Yeosu industrial complex were found to have plotted with four measurement agencies in rigging data [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — High-emission vehicles will be restricted from the center of Seoul beginning in July this year, as part of the municipal government’s new policy measures to reduce fine dust pollution in the capital, it was announced Monday. Grade 5 emission vehicles, mostly diesel cars, will be barred from entering Seoul’s [...]
OAK BROOK, Ill., March 20, 2018 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, McDonald’s announces it will partner with franchisees and suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to McDonald’s restaurants and offices by 36% by 2030 from a 2015 base year in a new strategy to address global climate change. Additionally, McDonald’s commits to a 31% reduction [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government on Tuesday banned sales and revoked the certifications of 80 vehicle models of Audi Volkswagen Korea, which has been suspected of obtaining permission to sell cars here by fabricating reports. Under the administrative measure, the Ministry of Environment separately slapped the German automaker with fines of [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government held a hearing on German carmaker Volkswagen’s emissions scandal Monday before finalizing a decision that can revoke the certifications of dozens of its vehicle models implicated in the scandal. The Ministry of Environment conducted the hearing at the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in Incheon, [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors said Wednesday they have confiscated some 950 vehicles of the South Korean unit of the German carmaker Volkswagen, equipped with its new engine model, amid a probe into the company’s emissions scandal. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said three of Audi Volkswagen Korea’s models — Audi A1, [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government said Monday it will order a recall of hundreds of Nissan vehicles sold in South Korea after it found that the Japanese carmaker had fabricated emissions results. The Ministry of Environment said the Qashqai model of the Japanese automaker was found to have faked its emissions results [...]