Category: Environment EN

Public interest organizations are seeking a legally binding response to the global contamination crisis and the resulting infringement on the UN-recognized human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment caused by the highly persistent and toxic “forever chemicals.” At a webinar held today, environmental health advocates drew attention to the unfolding contamination of the...

Naming Asian countries as top ocean plastic polluters is misleading and misses the root of the plastic pollution crisis. As BFFP strives to shift the narrative on who is truly responsible for plastic pollution, with giant corporations in developing countries playing a critical role, it is heartening to see the vehement responses to such graphics. The responses on social media indicate good...

"Developed nations have been shifting their responsibility for waste management to under-resourced nations," said Mageswari Sangaralingam of Consumers Association of Penang (Malaysia). "Besides dealing with our own waste, we now have to manage other people's waste which potentially leads to leakage into the environment. Plastic pollution does not respect borders. We must end waste colonialism,...

The street trees you plant today provide beauty and shade in the coming years. The safe, productive streets you build today support residents and businesses in the coming years. Planning cities is like planting street trees. (Source: Strong Towns)

Economic success and growth is all rich countries and their media ever talk about and never mention or admit that Earth resources are finite and they are killing Earth as a livable planet with more economic growth. (Source: Go Green)

In late January 2023, the Federal Court in a landmark decision, quashed a hillside development that was issued by the local authority in Penang. Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan who wrote the unanimous decision, ruled that Section 22(2A) says that the development affecting hill tops or hill slopes is no longer merely an issue of local state governance, but is also a federal and national...

The Lynas rare-earth processing plant in Kuantan has had its licence renewed for another 3 years, subject to conditions including relocating the “cracking and leaching” facility, which produces radioactive residue out of Malaysia before July 2023. Do these conditions adequately address concerns over health and environmental safety? Mageswari Sangaralingam of Sahabat Alam Malaysia breaks down...

An Australian NGO has today issued a press release supporting Malaysia’s decision to stop Lynas from dumping more radioactive waste here.  The following is their full media release. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. MELBOURNE | Aid/Watch supports...