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Month: January 2011

Month: January 2011

Revoke approval for field trial of genetically modified mosquitoes

admin January 17, 2011 0 Comments
CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) call upon the National Biosafety Board (NBB) to revoke the approval given to the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) in October 2010 to release genetically modified (GM) male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for the purpose of a field experiment. The applicant and implementer of the field trial is the IMR which had developed the GM mosquitoes in a joint research with...
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Electricity theft and unfair Power Purchase Agreements drain revenue

admin January 14, 2011 0 Comments
Electricity theft is costing the national utility company, Tenaga National Bhd (TNB) nearly RM500 million annually. Over and above all this, TNB has already parted with an estimated RM78.3b of its revenue to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) over the last ten years. Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP), is concerned that eventually consumers will have to suffer from exorbitant tariff...
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Time is running out for the birds!

admin January 11, 2011 0 Comments
Massive clearing of greens and the relentless chopping of trees to make space for frenzied development for hideous concrete structures have taken a toll on birds. Much of the areas that are now urban centres, agricultural and industrial areas used to be wetlands, forests and other habitats for birds. Humans, principally developers are ignorant of the fact that trees provide birds with food,...
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