Day: April 26, 2023

Sahabat Alam Malaysia is shocked and outraged after learning that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the proposed reclamation and dredging works for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project has been approved by the Department of Environment (DoE). We are appalled that the project has been approved despite concerns and objections raised by fishermen including PEN MUTIARA, the...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has backed the possibility put forward by an expert that parts of Seberang Prai, Penang, and other areas in the peninsula may soon be claimed by the sea if nothing is done to address climate change issues. The government at all levels – federal, state and local – must act with greater accountability, urgency and awareness of climate change as the time had come to...

In 2016, the then-government proposed to seize lands where big fires take place as a result of slash-and-burn re-foresting techniques often used by palm oil plantations. Unfortunately, the idea was dropped in 2020. The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the present government to consider adopting it as one of the measures for minimising air pollution and transboundary haze....

If your favourite yoghurt tub, bank card, rubbish bags or shampoo bottle is claiming to be made of recycled ocean plastics, you might think it was created from plastic recovered from the sea. But some environmental advocates believe the supply chain of products labelled as ocean or ocean-bound plastics are impossible to verify and the term may mislead consumers. Both of those terms can be used...