28/07/2010 05:23
PUTRAJAYA: The government is looking at energy alternatives including nuclear as an option for the future.
Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui (pic) said while renewable energy was another option for Malaysia, other energy options should not be dismissed.
He...
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28/07/2010 05:22
KUANTAN: Saturdays are “No Plastic Bag Day” in Pahang.
Ten supermarkets and hypermarkets in the state will stop using plastic bags for their customers on Saturdays.
Shoppers will have to fork out 20 sen for each bag if they want one. The campaign, which begins today, would be extended to...
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28/07/2010 05:20
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia is capable of showing to the world how to handle energy problems and handle climate change effectively by choosing to use renewable energy.
British ocean rower and environmental campaigner, Roz Savage, spent the past week in Sabah spreading her message for clean energy,...
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21/07/2010 05:54
WHEN the government announced plans for a 1,000MW nuclear plant, solar power is often dismissed as too costly to implement on a large scale. However, developments in the photovoltaic (PV) industry suggest that with planning, it’s not necessarily prohibitive.
For certain, solar power alone...
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21/07/2010 05:48
PETALING JAYA: Some 60 tonnes of garbage are collected from rivers in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor each year, the Department of Irrigation and Drainage said.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS: Volunteers cleaning the river surroundings Sungai Way during the Sungai Way rehabilitation project...
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21/07/2010 05:43
PETALING JAYA: A non-governmental organisation will despatch a team of ecologists to the Paya Indah Wetlands to check possible damage to its ecosystems caused by sand mining nearby.
Landskap Malaysia said 220 species of aquatic plants, fish species (14), amphibians (10 species), mammals...
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21/07/2010 05:41
SANDAKAN: Malaysia has internationally-recognised wetlands, and the largest one is the 78,000ha Ramsar Site in Sabah.
Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance, designated under the Ramsar Convention, an international agreement signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. It provides for...
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21/07/2010 05:39
Millions of plastic bags are going to waste everyday, cluttering roads, waterways and causing damage to the earth. In a move to save the environment, Golden Screen Cinemas will be going green with the introduction of Oxo-biodegradable plastic bags.
The bags will be given out with each concession...
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21/07/2010 05:38
Scientists are mulling over why part of the Earth's atmosphere recently suffered its biggest collapse since records began, and is only now starting to rebound.
The collapse occurred in a region known as the thermosphere, a rarefied layer of the planet's upper atmosphere between 90 and 600...
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21/07/2010 05:35
The human impacts on climate come into sharper focus in a new National Research Council report that warns policymakers that carbon dioxide lives so long in the atmosphere "it can effectively lock the Earth and future generations into a range of impacts, some of which could become very...
