Archive for May, 2009
Nuclear power – are we ready?
The Star- MOST of us will remember how nuclear power has always been associated with bandits in our favourite cartoon series. So powerful is that technology that they tend to use it as a threat to conquer the whole world.
In real life, the devastating effects of nuclear technology have been recorded in history when Japanese [...]
Climate-change diasters kill 300,000 people a year, cause $125 billion in losses
The Gaea news- LONDON – Rising temperatures due to climate change already account for some 300,000 deaths a year around the world and could rise to half a million casualties by the year 2030, estimates published Friday showed.
A report on the human impact of climate change, presented by the Global Humanitarian Forum in London [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Reconsider nuclear power plans, urges Dr M
The Nut Graph- PETALING JAYA, 26 May 2009: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad urged Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) to reconsider its plan to commission a nuclear power plant in Malaysia by 2025.
“I am not a nuclear scientist but I believe I know enough of the dangers of using nuclear (fissionable) material,” said Mahathir [...]
Dr M: Rethink risky nuclear energy plants
Business Times Singapore- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged the authorities to rethink the idea of using nuclear plants to generate cheap energy by 2020.
On Monday, it was reported that the head of Tenaga Nasional’s nuclear unit, Mohamad Zamzam Jaafar, said that the national utility intended to hire Korea Electric Power Corporation [...]
The impact of climate change on SMEs
The Edge– Calling the issue of climate change “the defining challenge of our time,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today issued a challenge to business leaders to lead efforts to transform the global economy into one that is “cleaner, greener and more sustainable.”Mr. Ban told participants at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Malaysia: No plan to cut biodiesel mandate
Bernama- THERE is no plan to reduce the biodiesel mandate of five per cent despite the high feedstock cost, Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said today.
He said the government encouraged the use of biodiesel in the country, although it was not as yet mandatory.
“We would like to encourage its use [...]
Malaysian orangutans get bridge to help find mates
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Wildlife activists have built a treetop bridge in an orangutan sanctuary on Borneo island to help the endangered apes find new mates and prevent inbreeding, according to a report.
The 43-metre suspension bridge was completed last month at the Lower Kinabatangan Sanctuary in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, the New Straits [...]
Malaysia’s first nuclear power plant an option
New Sabah Times- Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) targets to commission the first nuclear power plant in Malaysia by 2025 if the government decides to include nuclear as an acceptable energy option.
Head of nuclear energy unit TNB, Dr Mohd Zamzam Jaafar said TNB cannot ignore nuclear energy amid the uncertain future supply and volatile fossil fuel [...]
Kepco to help TNB with nuclear plant plans
Business Times- Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB)(5347) plans to hire Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) to help it do a preliminary feasibility study on what would be Malaysia’s first nuclear plant.
An agreement is due to be signed in June, said Mohd Zamzam Jaafar (picture), head of TNB’s nuclear unit.
“Korea has 20 nuclear power plants. They should [...]
Forest in Terengganu give way to hydroelectric scheme
The Star- Yet another tract of forest will be sacrificed for dams and timber.
AN expanse of green in the upper reaches of Terengganu, home to countless species of wildlife, including the highly endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, will soon be no more. It is being logged and will eventually be flooded for a new hydroelectric scheme. What [...]
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