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08/01/2011 04:53

Kelantan to build RM20 million waste disposal plant.

  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

City Lights Spike Air Pollution

  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

Antarctic Melting as Deep Ocean Heat Rises.

  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

Litter mars Sungai Liam waterfalls

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

Malaysia reaffirms commitment to conserve tiger population.

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

Climate Goal May Spell End for Some Coral Reefs.

  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 Free Of Pollution – Expert.

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

Plant turns palm waste into organic fertilizer.

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...
11/12/2010 19:24

Human-Powered Gyms Do Double Duty.

  Clean energy can already power NFL stadiums and the White House, so why not your local gym? Instead of using sola panels or wind turbines, how about tapping into the sweaty patrons? Right now, more than 80 gyms across North America are doing just that. They have equipment such as the...
11/12/2010 19:17

Parliament: Eight Million Tonnes Of Waste Collected In 10 Years.

Malaysia’s controlled waste reached a staggering eight million tonnes from 2000 to May 2010, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday. Deputy minister of Rural and Regional Development Tan Sri Joseph Kurup said there are 77 types of waste collected which can be divided into five categories. Among them...

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