21/03/2010 03:08
PUTRAJAYA: The traditional light bulb will no longer be available by January 2014.
The Government will stop all production, import and sales of the bulbs by that date as part of efforts to save power.
Traditional light bulbs, also called incandescent light bulbs, are considered less...
21/03/2010 03:01
KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Forestry director Kasim Othman, 56, has claimed trial at the Sessions Court to agreeing to receive RM20,000 bribe last year.
Kasim, 56, was charged with accepting the money from Yee Gan Seng as an inducement to approve an application from AK Millenium Enterprise to withdraw a...
21/03/2010 02:59
AFP - Friday, March 12.WASHINGTON (AFP) - – Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.
"For well over a century, migratory birds have faced...
21/03/2010 02:56
WASHINGTON – Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
"We are no longer constrained by talking about some possible future. Climate change is happening now and...
21/03/2010 02:56
WASHINGTON – Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
"We are no longer constrained by talking about some possible future. Climate change is happening now and...
10/03/2010 23:59
Malaysia's deforestation rate is accelerating faster than that of any other tropical country in the world, according to data from the United Nations. Analysis of figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows that Malaysia's annual deforestation rate...
10/03/2010 23:57
Forest Cover
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Total forest area: 20,890,000 ha
% of land area: 63.6%
Primary forest cover: 3,820,000 ha
% of land area: 11.6%
% total forest area: 18.3%
Deforestation Rates,...
10/03/2010 23:44
IPOH: The Perak Forestry Department has been directed to prepare an immediate report on the alleged illegal logging activities in the mountainous area close to the border between Perak and Pahang near Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands.
Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir...
10/03/2010 23:40
MIRI: Unscrupulous people, especially illegal farmers, squatters and plantation owners, are blatantly defying the state government’s ban on open burning that was imposed last week.
They are deliberately setting off wildfires to clear land and burn bulky agricultural waste, challenging the...
10/03/2010 23:36
WASHINGTON —Off the United States' Pacific Northwest coast, could be another sign of fundamental changes linked to global climate change, scientists say.
They warn that the oceans' complex undersea ecosystems and fragile food chains could be disrupted.
In some spots off Washington state and...
