Archive for February, 2009
Campaign on “Save the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve”
ALOR STAR: A nationwide signature campaign against Menteri Besar Datuk
Seri Azizan Abdul Razak’s plan to log timber in the Ulu Muda forest
reserve was launched yesterday.
A spokesman for the 19-member group, Shamsul Ery Shamsudin, said: “The ‘Save the Ulu Muda forest reserve’ campaign is on.
“We waited for feedback from the menteri besar for almost one year, [...]
Most Asean members want nuclear power
Most of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are amenable to tapping nuclear power to promote alternative sources of energy, an official said yesterday.
They expressed support for the idea even as they prepared to sign an agreement today that will allow governments to sell their oil to neighbors at “friendship” prices.
“Nuclear energy [...]
Move to launch micro-hydro power systems
PUTRAJAYA: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is looking into creating micro-hydro electric systems at remote villages in Sabah and Sarawak that are too far from the main electricity grid to receive power supply.
Its Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas said the ministry decided to explore the use of the system as it was a good [...]
Malaysia Needs To Introduce Green Building Index – PAM
Green Building Index (GBI), a voluntarily professional-driven initiative, will be introduced in Malaysia in April this year to promote higher environmental-friendly compliance in buildings in the country.
Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) and the Association for Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) had been working hand-in-glove since August last year for the setting of the index, which had [...]
High usage of plastic bags
There is no solution in sight for the plastic menace as the material is still freely issued, then carelessly discarded, each day.
THE pink bag in the heap of garbage clogging a drain catches your eye instantly. Another one clings to a tree branch in a mangrove swamp. Yet another is blown across across the street [...]
Malaysia Hopes To Achieve 30 Per Cent Recycling Rate
SIBU, Feb 23 (Bernama) — Malaysia hopes to achieve 30 per cent recycling rate by 2020 from the current five per cent, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew said.
“We need to inculcate awareness among the people on the importance of recycling wastes to safeguard the environment and to contribute towards [...]
Malaysia bemoans low recycling rate
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Malaysia’s housing ministry bemoaned the country’s low recycling rate which is currently a dismal 5 per cent, far lower than its neighbouring South-east Asian neighbours, official news reports said Monday.
Lau Hoi Chew, deputy housing minister, said the government hoped to dramatically increase the rate of recycling to 30 per cent by the year 2020.
“We need [...]
CAP:End The Use Of Polystyrene At Official Functions
THE Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to call the attention of the Selangor and Penang state governments and especially the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, to the widespread use of polystyrene food and drink containers during the recent Thaipusam festival in their respective states.
CAP conducted a study comprising random data collection at both [...]
Coal-fired power plant too close to popular beach spots
IT does not take an environmental expert to point out that a coal-fired power plant should not be at the proximity of marine ecosystem.
But the threat looming over the Bagan Lalang beach in Sepang, Selangor, is real and one, which the StarMetro discovered traverses state boundaries.
The Jimah 1,400MW coal-fired power plant is at the border [...]
SAM: Bakun area overlogged
The Bakun hydro-electric dam catchment area has been overlogged by more than 40,000ha, an environmental group said.
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) said the original catchment area for the Bakun project in central Sarawak, as stipulated in the first environmental impact assessment report, was supposed to be 64,000ha.
However, more than 100,000ha have already been logged, said SAM [...]
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