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10 things you should know about GM mosquitoes

admin April 15, 2011 0 Comments
The National Biosafety Board (NBB) has recently approved an application from the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) to release genetically modified (GM) male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. IMR wants to conduct field experiments in Bentong and Alor Gajah to see how far the males fly and how long they live for. The aim of this GM technology is for the GM male mosquitoes to mate with wild female...
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Nuclear in Malaysia: Shortsightedness in a greening global economy

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By Ken Yeong Every Malaysian must decide if nuclear power is the right choice for our nation. The keyword here is choice because there is now an increasing number of truly clean and renewable energy in solar, wind, tidal, wave, etc. For some, however, the threat of climate change and peak oil has forced a false dilemma of either nuclear or unabated global warming. The recent UK Sustainable...
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Healthy growth of renewable energy

admin April 15, 2011 0 Comments
By Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, Director, Institute of Science in Society Despite the severe downturn of the global economy in 2009, renewable energy continued its meteoric rise. At the end of 2009, fully one-quarter of global power capacity (1230 GW) is renewable, delivering 18% of global electricity supply, according to the report issued by the Renewable Energy Network for the 21 Century (REN21). This is...
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Leaving oil in the ground to fight climate change

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An innovative new initiative to tackle climate change and conserve forests has taken off in Ecuador. The Yasuni initiative has received support from many famous individuals, international organisations and NGOs. By Martin Khor What would a country’s leaders do if oil reserves were discovered beneath the tropical rain forests of that nation’s premier national park? The government would...
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Nuclear plants move offshore

admin April 15, 2011 0 Comments
By Karl Grossman Russia has embarked on a scheme to build floating nuclear power plants to be moored off its coasts — especially off northern and eastern Russia — and sold to nations around the world. “Absolutely safe,” Sergei Kiriyenko, director-general of Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, told Reuters as the barge that is to serve as the base for the first floating...
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BP’s trail of destruction

admin April 14, 2011 0 Comments
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is yet another of a series of spills involving the giant oil company. By Ash Pemberton The ongoing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the April 20 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig has exposed the obscene behaviour of the world’s fourth-largest corporation, British Petroleum (BP). Evidence has come from many sources revealing BP was aware of...
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The truth about Chernobyl: More reason to rethink nuclear energy – seriously

admin April 14, 2011 0 Comments
  4,000, 60,000, 244,000 or 500,000 deaths? By Professor Peter Saunders Is Nuclear “one of the safest ways of producing energy”? There are many reasons for rejecting the nuclear option in the “low carbon economy” as thoroughly reviewed in an ISIS report, Green Energies - 100% Renewable by 2050. One of the biggest question marks hanging over the industry is the potential of another...
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“Zero waste for zero warming”

admin April 13, 2011 0 Comments
As the international community faces up to the looming climate change, We in the Consumers Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, who are members of GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives /Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA), support the promotion of Zero Waste as a core strategy in preventing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For this to happen, waste policies,...
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Your basic rights as a consumer

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Consumers had little protection in the world marketplace before the 1950s. On March 15, 1962, US President John F. Kennedy put forth the "Consumer Bill of Rights" to help consumers understand their rights and responsibilities. In 1985, eight basic consumer rights were adopted by the United Nations' Assembly, which resulted in consumers having stronger consumer protection policies worldwide. March...
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Your responsibility as a consumer

admin April 13, 2011 0 Comments
When the consumer is more careful about his spending habits, he saves himself a lot of money as well as time and aggravation. It could also mean not having to go back to the shop, or seeking out the Small Claims Courts or Tribunals to obtain redress. As a responsible consumer:-  Don’t swallow line, hook or sinker what sales people tell you, or what you read/hear in advertisements. Take time to...
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