08/01/2011 04:56
Educating the public on the importance of the 3Rs (recycle, reuse and reduce) should take top priority instead of implementing the “No free plastic bags” initiative, said the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA).
MPMA Penang chairman Tan Wee Ming feels that plastic bags have...
08/01/2011 04:54
WITH leading multinational corporations at the forefront to lease green office space, the demand for green buildings in Malaysia will continue to rise as environmental awareness grows and more companies embrace the practice of corporate social responsibility.
Another driver is the growing...
08/01/2011 04:53
The Kelantan government is to build a RM20 million solid waste disposal plant in a joint venture with a foreign company.
Chairman of the State Local Government, Culture and Tourism Committee Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said the plant using Taiwanese technology will be built at the waste...
18/12/2010 03:28
The glow of city lights obliterates light-sensitive molecules that scrub the atmosphere by night, adding to the problem of air pollution, a new study shows.
Artificial lighting over the Los Angeles area is 10,000 times dimmer than sunlight, but it still cuts night-time atmospheric cleansing...
18/12/2010 03:26
Global warming is sneaky. For more than a century it has been hiding large amounts of excess heat in the world's deep seas. Now that heat is coming to the surface again in one of the worst possible places: Antarctica.
New analyses of the heat content of the waters off Western Antarctic...
18/12/2010 03:21
PICNICS at the Sungai Liam Waterfalls in Ulu Yam is no more a pleasant outing because the area has become an eyesore with rubbish strewn everywhere.
According to Waterfall Survivors, a group in Facebook that explores and preserve waterfalls, the site is very dirty.
Waterfall Survivors founder and...
12/12/2010 16:29
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting and conserving the population of tigers in the recently concluded Tiger Summit held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, in a statement here Friday, said that during the summit, its minister, Datuk...
11/12/2010 19:36
Posted on December 8, 2010. Filed under: Bio-diversity
Even if elusive emissions goals are met by world governments, it will be too little, too late for many coral reefs. Many reefs have already been damaged by water pollution and overfishing, leaving them vulnerable to a warming ocean that...
11/12/2010 19:33
Kenyir Lake here is free of pollution and safe for recreational activities, according to Universiti Malaysia Terengganu’s (UMT) Institute of Tropical Aquaculture director Prof Dr Faizah Shaharom.
“Analyses of water samples showed cases of fish dying in the lake was because the water temperature had...
11/12/2010 19:30
LAHAD DATU: The Kwantas Mewah Palm Oil Mill, Inno Integrasi and Malaysia Ventures Berhad (MDV) have launched a scheme here to treat palm waste and produce bio-organic fertilizer.
Shen (3rd left) with Mark (center) and other executives of the companies during the launch of Inno-Works...
