Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by CHAN Audrey, ZULKURNAIN Zakri
The year 2022 has greeted us with more undeniable evidence that the Earth’s natural ecosystems are experiencing drastic changes which continuously impact the lives of millions across the globe. Malaysia has not been spared from its damaging consequences. We began the year trying to recover from (...)
, by AUGUSTIN Deborah Germaine
Community conservationists in Selangor are working to save the Shah Alam forest from planned development by showcasing its threatened biodiversity, disproving government claims and building support. Can they repeat an earlier victory by other forest defenders?
Early one Saturday morning in (...)
, by Malaysiakini
A proposed outdoor ski theme park development worth RM100 million on a 60-acre plot in Cameron Highlands has met resistance from locals as well as NGOs concerned about environmental issues.
In early August, it was reported that Singapore-listed theme park developer Sim Leisure Group intends to (...)
, by Malaysiakini
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) today called on the federal and state governments to impose a permanent moratorium on all mining and logging activities in forests.
Its central committee member Sharan Raj said that such activities would only damage the country’s lush tropical rainforests. (...)
, by KOW Gah Chie
PSM has urged Putrajaya to intervene in a proposed rare earth mining project at a patch of forest the size of 924 football fields in Ulu Jelai, Pahang.
PSM secretary-general A Sivarajan said the proposed rare earth mining project should be slashed as it might cause environmental pollution, (...)
, by WONG Amy
Communities in state of Sarawak on Borneo say forest is being felled without their consent and still being certified as sustainable.
Indigenous people from the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo are fighting against plans to cut their forests, saying that while the logging has (...)
PSM Youth is concerned by the recurring water supply disruption occurring in Selangor. It is a strange norm for the richest state in Malaysia to be facing such a crippling issue.
As pointed out by PAS, in 2020 alone, Selangor has faced five such disruptions, from either odour or chemical (...)
, by Labour Law Reform Coalition
LETTER | Malaysia is blanketed in another bout of toxic smog. Flights are rerouted or grounded, schools are closed and more than 1.7 million students stay indoors indefinitely but, the nation’s workforce perseveres in daily routines with inadequate protection from the unknown long-term health (...)
, by Malaysiakini
PSM has criticised the RM2 billion Papar Dam project as making “no sense” to address water shortages in Sabah. In fact, resolving non-revenue water (NRW) issues would take a fraction of the cost.
“According to the National Water Services Commission (Span), Sabah’s non-revenue water (NRW) stood at 52.5% in 2018. Hence, half of the treated water does not reach people due to leakages and poor management.
“Resolving the NRW would only cost about 10 percent of the Papar Dam budget.
“Sabah should focus on (...)
, by AUGUSTIN Robin
PETALING JAYA: An environmentalist has called for a stop to logging in the parts of the Belum-Temenggor forest complex where it is currently allowed, saying it is the biggest threat facing wildlife, particularly the endangered Malayan tiger.
“Belum-Temenggor is large and tigers need big areas (...)
, by ALHADJRI Alyaa
Aggrieved residents will discuss the possibility of filing a judicial review if the government make a final decision to lift a condition requiring Australia’s Lynas Corp to ship out radioactive waste from its rare earth processing plant in Gebeng, Kuantan.
Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) (...)
, by BOYLE Peter
Nearly 100 Malaysian environmental and civil society groups have demanded that Australia stop exerting “bullying” diplomatic pressure on Malaysia to accept half a million tonnes of toxic radioactive waste piled up at Australian corporate polluter Lynas’s rare-earth refinery in Gebeng, near the (...)
, by RASIAH Rani
Many Ipoh folk like me take our hills and forests for granted. We seldom stop to ‘stand and stare’, to take in the beauty of these majestic green sentinels that form the natural backdrop to our homes and city.
We paid for this nonchalance when during the Chinese New Year break this year, a huge (...)
, by RAJ Sharan
In 2015, Malaysia’s net Green House Gas (GHG) emission stood at 50,479,060 tons while we pretend to hide behind our status as a developing nation. While Malaysia pledged to reduce GHG intensity per GDP by 35% by 2030 to UNFCCC, our pledge will remain a rhetoric if we don’t take urgent measures to (...)
, by RAJ Sharan
PSM welcomes PH governments efforts to enhance public transport when they decided to revitalize the ECRL as means to connect the east coast and west coast of Malaysia that will reduce travel time greatly. Avoid tunneling through the 16km Klang Gates Quartz Ridge is a right move to protect (...)
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