SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential committee on carbon neutrality announced Thursday three policy road maps to achieve the goal of eliminating South Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, subject for deliberation by experts and stakeholders until later this year. President Moon Jae-in announced in October that the country will seek to go [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chemical goods manufacturer SK Chemicals Co. said Monday that it will focus on environment, social and governance (ESG) management as part of efforts to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The company’s first goal is to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030, while reorganizing its business [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 7.3 percent last year from 2019, the first time there has been a decrease for two consecutive years, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center said total emissions last year are estimated at 648.6 million tons, down 7.3 [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, has succeeded in reducing its emissions of greenhouse gases using advanced telecommunications technology. The company announced on Tuesday that it had reduced the use of electricity by integrating and upgrading its 3G and LTE network equipment, and the reduction of greenhouse [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced Wednesday the introduction of a new bill that will require Internet of Things (IoT) measuring devices to be installed at sites of major greenhouse gas emissions. Once the bill takes effect, businesses categorized as sites of smaller amounts of greenhouse gas emissions (Types 4 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — If greenhouse gases are continuously emitted at the current level, average annual temperatures on the Korean Peninsula will rise by up to 7 C by 2100, pushing the people into a serious crisis, a government report warned Monday. The report published by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s public sector aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decade by 37.5 percent from the 2017 level, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The new target is designed to support the Moon Jae-in government’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, which means to effectively reduce [...]
ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A review of new research suggests the climate impact of methane is not accurately reflected because current metrics don’t recognize that it breaks down in the atmosphere over the course of 12 years. Other greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Thursday its energy saving program reduced greenhouse gas emissions by over 247,000 tons from April through September. Members of Seoul’s “Eco-Mileage” program reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 247,137 tons, up 70 percent from the same period last year, creating the same effect as planting [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology announced Tuesday that researchers had developed a catalyst processing technology that produces alpha-olefins, a high-end chemical substance, using greenhouse gas. Alpha-olefins are used to make detergents, lubricating oil, cosmetics and plastic. Plastic made with alpha-olefins is stronger than other plastic products. Similarly, [...]