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How South China Sea Tensions Threaten Global Trade

The post-COVID era has been punishing for global trade. Lockdowns and factory closures sparked supply chain delays worldwide and helped fuel decades-high inflation
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COP28: The Climate Crisis Is Also A Health Crisis

NEW YORK, US: Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Sunday said the topic was long overdue for discussion as climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day.
 
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PSI Controversy: Unsustainable Vision Fails To Recognise Harm To Island's Environment, Fishermen

GEORGETOWN, Malaysia:We refer to the media statement by Gamuda issued on 16 May, 2023. Gamuda’s defence of its Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project is self-serving and unsustainable. It has a vested interest in the mega reclamation project, expecting to make millions, perhaps billions, of profit. Therefore, its claims of the project benefiting the public must be taken with a pinch of salt.

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Penang South Islands (PSI) Project Shows Ineptitude Of National Planning

BANGKOK, Thailand-The controversial Penang South Island (PSI) project exposes some of the weaknesses of the national economic and infrastructure planning framework. Instead of conceptualizing and developing projects that directly benefit communities, those in charge of the national planning processes are pushing projects that end up benefiting corporations, over communities.

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Environmental Coalition Commends Government For Considering "Manifesto Rakyat" on DOE Appointing EIA Consultants

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-B•E•A•CC•H•, the environmental cluster of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Platform for Reform in Malaysia, commends the government’s move to consider its 2022 Manifesto Rakyat proposal to have the Department of Environment’s appointed independent consultants conduct Environmental Impact Assessments on development projects.

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Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve To Be Turned Into A ‘Timber Producing Factory’?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-If we were to drive up north from Kuala Lumpur, about 2 hours later, we would be greeted by an awful sight of limestone hills being defaced and scarred with quarrying activities. One would get a nightmarish feeling of having literally driven into a limestone hill and buried deep in rocks and debris.
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MHI And EGAT Ink MoU To Strengthen Cooperation On Clean Power Generation In Thailand

SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore--Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Thailand’s largest power producer Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study and exchange information relating to clean power generation, hydrogen, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies in support of the nation’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

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China's Belt And Road Initiative Is Trashing The Environment


NEW YORK, U.S.--The environmental damage the Chinese Communist Party is causing through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is immeasurable. According to Professor William Laurance of James Cook University in Cairns, Australia:

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Calling Upon The Perak MB To Call Off The Lanthanide Mining Project

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--B•E•A•CC•H•, the environment cluster of the CSO Platform for Reform, along with 21 civil society organisations (CSOs), call upon the Perak Menteri Besar to retract his inaccurate remarks concerning the lanthanide mining project in northern Perak and gazette the entire site in question as a forest reserve.    

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Wan Junaidi: A steady hand and unsung reformist

Law minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been in the news a lot recently but unlike many other politicians who are the subject of media coverage

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MSPO: Government's Efforts In Ensuring The Responsibility Of The Palm Oil Industry

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Today, the MSPO standard is aligned to the management of palm oil production with many existing national laws and regulations. In the context of palm oil sustainability, the similar types of schemes that have been implemented are Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO).

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US Coal Stockpiles Near Historic Lows

NEW YORK, U.S.--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says in its latest short-term energy outlook (pdf) that coal inventories in the electric power industry reached 93.7 million tons as of December 2021—an increase since September, when stockpiles hit a historic low not seen since the Carter administration.

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Tampering with the Shah Alam Local Plan 2035?

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia--This story is about how a suspected tampering of the draft Shah Alam Local Plan 2035 may lead to the destruction of a large intact natural green lung situated right in the centre of Shah Alam.

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"Act Of God" Atau Manusia Yang "Mempertuhankan" Kapitalisme?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Parlimen baru-baru ini dikejutkan dengan kenyataan Menteri Tenaga dan Sumber Asli Takiyuddin Hassan, bahawa kejadian bencana alam yang berlaku di kawasan Gunung Jerai, Kedah pada bulan lepas merupakan takdir Tuhan atau ”act of God” . Isu nya ialah ianya bukan takdir Tuhan, tetapi perbuatan manusia yang ‘mempertuhankan’  keuntungan dan kapitalisme  itu .
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Tanah Runtuh & Kehilangan Nyawa Di Cameron Highlands, Dimanakah Had Ketamakan Manusia?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Baru-baru rakyat Cameron Highlands digemparkan dengan pelbagai kejadian tanah runtuh. Salah satu kejadian yang berlaku pada 16hb.September, 2021 di Sg Palas Brinchang menyebabkan seorang wanita meninggal dunia apabila tanah runtuh di atas rumahnya . Satu lagi kejadian tanah runtuh juga berlaku di jalan raya Simpang Pulai ke Cameron Highlands di Seksyen 43.9 sepertimana yang dimaklumkan oleh pihak Jabatan Kerja Raya.
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