MELAKA: The state government has sent an urgent plea for help to the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry to approve its plan to expand the Sungai Udang landfill which has almost breached its maximum capacity. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron said unless it was expanded, the landfill Read more…
Climate change may have contributed to the suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers and farm workers over the past three decades, according to new research that examines the toll rising temperatures are already taking on vulnerable societies. Illustrating the extreme sensitivity of the Indian agricultural industry to spikes in temperature, the Read more…
India is the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. A new campaign seeks to make new housing developments sustainable by 2022 to help the country meet its ambitious climate goals. India’s top builders have pledged to make at least a fifth of their new housing developments Read more…
A REPORT released by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas by 2025 and reuse of wastewater will become one of the important strategies in increasing water resources availability. As Malaysia depends heavily on catchment water, our water resources Read more…
TAIPEI: The bearded deity Guan Yu, flanked by other deities who represent righteousness, brotherhood and victory in war, presides over worshippers who kneel before his altar at the Xingtian Temple. But devotees at the prayer grounds in the heart of Taipei’s Zhongshan district do not pay respects to the Taoist Read more…
Hiding in the back of garages and garden sheds all over the country are tins of old paint. And while some of that paint is saved for future touch-up jobs around the house, much of it ends up in landfill. Annually, Australians throw away around 7.3 million litres of unused Read more…
BUSINESSES in Selangor have collected RM1,871,547.55 from the sale of plastic bags at 20 sen each since the state-wide plastic- and polystyrene-free campaign began on Jan 1. According to the latest data (until May), 63.98% of the plastic bags were sold at supermarkets, followed by 36.02% at eateries. Selangor State Read more…
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) issued an advance notification Tuesday for a draft amendment to the Marine Pollution Control Act that will increase the maximum fine for marine pollution from NT$1.5 million (US$50,100) to NT$300 million. The EPA is drafting the amendment after it carried out reviews Read more…
It is easy to spot a foreigner in Hanoi. Cowering at intersections, staring in awe as the traffic hurtles past, tourists wait for a break in the flow of motorcycles, bicycles, carts, cars and buses – or for a kind driver to stop and bestow them the right of way Read more…
KUANTAN: Rare earth refiner Lynas Corp is close to having its residue-derived soil conditioner product in the market, rendering the need for a permanent disposal facility irrelevant. Lynas Malaysia vice-president Datuk Mashal Ahmad said this was because the water leach purification (WLP) residue at the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant would be Read more…