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...
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...
09/04/2010 16:08
KOTA KINABALU: A former chief minister is lending his voice to the growing opposition against a proposed coal-fired power plant in Sabah’s east coast.
Datuk Harris Salleh said it was difficult to understand why the state authorities insisted on having the 300MW coal-fired plant at Felda...
26/03/2010 21:44
SANDAKAN: Sabah is embarking on an independent monitoring effort of its forest logging operations, said to be the single such exercise in the country, as part of a full implementation of sustainable forest management in the state.
The state government, through the Sabah Forestry Department,...
26/03/2010 21:43
OSLO - The Asian monsoon spreads industrial pollution from China and India around the world by lofting it high into the atmosphere where it may affect the global climate, a study showed on Thursday.
"This is a vivid example of pollutants altering our atmosphere in subtle and far-reaching ways,"...
26/03/2010 21:41
MEXICO CITY: Some 120 countries have expressed their interest in joining the “Time of the Planet” to be hosted on March 27 at 8.30pm local time, the World Fund for the Nature said in Mexico.
This will be the third consecutive year that this initiative is promoted at world level, the Fund’s general...
