11/12/2010 19:00
PLASTIC bags. We obviously use too many of them. Just look into a drain, any drain, and you will see why a war is being waged against these ubiquitous carriers.
Sure, overall, plastic bags form just a tiny fraction of all that we throw out. But that bit is enough to exert an environmental...
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11/12/2010 18:55
HERE’S one way out of the plastic bag dilemma: Simply make the bags out of biodegradable materials. In Penang, the ban is on plastic bags; so you can’t be accused of flouting it if you give out bio-degradable bags. And since many still insist on having the bags for their trash, why not make...
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04/12/2010 19:59
Since the late 1990s, many researchers and policy makers have held a two-degree Celsius (3.6-degree Fahrenheit) global temperature increase relative to pre-industrial times as a benchmark limit for global warming, saying that keeping warming below this threshold increases the likelihood that...
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04/12/2010 19:49
KOTA KINABALU: A controversial coal-fired power plant project in Sabah’s east coast has caught the attention of Time magazine, which reported that it was “hard to imagine a worse place” to build such a facility.
In the Nov 27 article appearing in its online edition...
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04/12/2010 19:48
AN international team of marine biologists has started a 20-day expedition to assess the health of the marine environment in part of the Coral Triangle, the world’s centre of marine biodiversity.
Experts from Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United States will participate in the Semporna...
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04/12/2010 19:35
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Transport is proposing amendments to the Road Transport Act to enable electric vehicles to be registered in Malaysia, said its Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.
He said currently, electric vehicles cannot be registered as they do not have an engine and chasis...
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04/12/2010 19:18
KUALA LUMPUR: The Forest Research Institute Malaysia’s (FRIM) main campus in Kepong was officially declared one of the country’s natural heritage sites.
FRIM director-general Datuk Dr Abd Latif Mohmod said this would ensure the protection of its forest for research as well as the enjoyment...
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04/12/2010 19:13
The people can still use plastic bags to throw their household waste until a proper system to sort out waste is introduced.
Penang Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said “waste sorting at the source” would be the state’s next step after their bid to reduce...
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08/11/2010 05:26
From hair products to laundry detergents to diapers, we live in a world of fragrance that might be making us sick, suggests a new study, even when those scents come from products that claim to be natural and pure.
In an analysis of 25 of the most commonly used scented products -- including...
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08/11/2010 05:21
KUCHING, Nov 6 (Bernama) – A project to clean Sungai Sawarak will be carried out by the federal government, through the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, under the Tenth Malaysia Plan, Sarawak Housing and Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said...
