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Fans of Korean pop bands around the world are increasingly channeling their millions-strong online community into climate and environmental activism, protesting business deals linked to coal power, urging K-pop entertainers to cut waste and raising awareness about climate-related issues. Other climate activist groups have begun joining forces with Kpop4Clima...
Fans of Korean pop bands around the world are increasingly channeling their millions-strong online community into climate and environmental activism,...
(Bloomberg) -- As heavy rains pummeled South Korea last month, K-pop fans braved stormy conditions to stage a protest on an east coast beach that's become synonymous with the genre and is now a flashpoint for concerns over the environmental impact of the country’s unwavering coal addiction.Most Read from BloombergFitch’s US Credit Downgrade Sparks Criticism Along With UneaseCanada PM Justin Trudeau Splits With Wife Sophie GregoireS&P 500 Has Worst Day Since April After Big Rally: Markets WrapMis
‘We’re at a tipping point with coal’: Q&A with Bloomberg’s Antha Williams Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was key in marshaling city and state governments across the U.S. to ramp up their climate action after the Trump administration pulled the country out of the Paris Agreement. With the climate-focused Biden administration now in office, Bloomberg Philanthropies is going “all-in toward climate solutions,” says Antha N. Williams, head of the foundation’s environment program. Among its main initiatives is the Beyond Coal campaign, which seeks to get OECD countries to tra...