26/04/2011 09:55
Don't look now, but the climate problem we thought we had already solved -- the ozone hole over Antarctica -- has been rearranging rainfall patterns throughout the Southern Hemisphere for decades, a new modeling analysis shows.
The idea that losing ozone in the cold stratosphere over the...
26/04/2011 09:52
KUCHING: A week ahead of World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) 50th birthday, WWF-Malaysia urges Malaysians to commemorate Earth Day by pledging to ‘Live Green’ for a more sustainable lifestyle.
From its origins as a small group of committed wildlife enthusiasts, WWF has grown to one of the largest and...
26/04/2011 09:47
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Bernama) — Malaysia currently maintains more than 50 per cent of its land under forest cover, according to the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry. Total land area under forests in Malaysia stood at 18.48 million hectares (ha) or 56.4 percent of its total land...
30/03/2011 08:38
KUALA LUMPUR: A campaign to neuter stray animals is under way to prevent 210,000 unwanted pets from being put down in Malaysian shelters annually.
PAWS Animal Welfare Society Malaysia is launching Project 575, an awareness campaign to bring public attention to the fact that 575 pets are...
19/02/2011 15:52
SINGAPORE is Asia’s greenest city, while Kuala Lumpur ranks average in a green city survey, together with the likes of Bangkok, Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai and Delhi.
This was the finding of the Asian Green City Index survey carried out by the independent Economist Intelligence Unit.
The EIU...
19/02/2011 15:50
PETALING JAYA: Restaurants and hotels will soon be roped in to help in marine conservation efforts by offering an alternative “green menu,” WWF Malaysia said.
Senior programme officer G. Chitra Devi said working with the food and beverage (F&B) industry would help combat the depletion of...
19/02/2011 15:47
Malaysia, February 7 – The Solid Waste Management and Public Cleaning Act or Act 672 is expected to take effect in April although some states have yet to accept the privatisation of the service as set out by the federal government.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee...
09/02/2011 02:41
PUTRAJAYA: The current and future expansion of oil palm plantations is limited due to the unavailability of suitable land and this problem is further compounded by campaigns by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to stop oil palm expansion, according to Plantation Industries and...
09/02/2011 02:41
BUTTERWORTH: The state government believes the use of biodegradable plastic bags is not a better option to counter the state’s policy of reducing the use of plastic bags to protect the environment.State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state...
09/02/2011 02:40
A CEMENT concrete mixing factory in Kampung Sungai Buloh, Hutan Melintang, Perak and its impact on the health of nearby villagers is the subject of a report in the Malaysia Nanban.
Resident Ramanaidu Palaya said that dust from the factory had left most of the residents complaining of...
