13/05/2010 03:42
KOTA KINABALU: A strategy to get governments to reduce carbon emissions is on the cards as Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) delegates from across the world sit down to discuss conservation strategies and challenges.
Some 150 delegates comprising key conservation leaders from WWF offices all...
11/05/2010 14:34
GENEVA (AFP) – The UN warned on Monday that "massive" loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the decline by this year were missed.
As a result of the degradation, the world is moving closer to several "tipping...
29/04/2010 23:27
KUCHING: Local authorities in the country are considering giving incentives to builders who undertake green initiatives in their projects.
Taxes for certain recycled and sustainable building materials could be waived and developers might even be allowed to construct larger buildings that are...
29/04/2010 23:26
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has launched a nationwide campaign to plant 26 million trees by 2014 to commemorate Earth Day on Thursday.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas launched the campaign, carrying the theme "Green the Earth: One Citizen, One Tree", here.
The 26...
29/04/2010 23:21
JOHOR BARU: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has proposed a new policy on environmental education to the Education Ministry to enable a more permanent and structured environmental syllabus for subjects in primary and secondary schools nationwide.
WWF senior environmental education...
15/04/2010 02:48
Because of their mercury and PCB contents, old fluorescent lights should not be dumped in the bin but the Government has no solution for such waste as yet.
HOW many light bulbs do you have at home? What kind are they? How many do you change in a year? What do you do with the spoilt lights? Throw...
09/04/2010 16:29
AN inconvenient truth. That’s how environmental activist and former US vice-president Al Gore described climate change and its devastating effects on the global environment in his 2006 award-winning documentary film.
But exactly how serious is situation of climate change...
09/04/2010 16:21
SIBU: All local authorities in the state have been reminded to ensure that any economic activity carried out should not be at the expense of the environment.
State Minister of Environment and Public Health Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh said this was vital for the well-being of future generations.
“We...
09/04/2010 16:13
PUTRAJAYA: A meeting of minds of people passionate about the environment is set to take place during the inaugural Malaysia Green Forum 2010.
The forum, to be held on April 26 and 27 with the theme “Greener and Sustainable Malaysia” is organised by Landskap Malaysia with Universiti Putra...
09/04/2010 16:12
GEORGE TOWN: Efforts by Malaysia to adopt energy efficiency measures are fairly limited as energy in the country is still cheap.
Greenest Person on the Planet 2008 award winner Matthias Gelber said yesterday Malaysians were having it easy as energy rates here were subsidised by the...
