Category: Environment EN

As there has been a change in the development concept, both in the design and the statement of need, our view is that a new EIA must be required. In fact, one of the 71 conditions imposed on the State in respect of the EIA which approved on 11 April is that, if there is any change in the development concept, a fresh approval from the Director-General of the DOE is required. Hence, the DOE...

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Penang state government not to adamantly insist on going ahead with the reclamation in Penang South, regardless of whether it is for one or three islands. Please listen to the voices of civil society organisations (CSOs) and the informed public, and do not yield to the pressure from developers and contractors. Naming one island Silicon Island...

This is still unacceptable as 2,500 acres of reclamation still is very large and will affect the fishery spawning grounds and the environment. Plus it will involve large volumes of sand for the reclamation from Penang or Perak waters, causing more damage. It is not correct to say a smaller number of fishermen will be affected as it is about destroying mudflats, coral reefs affecting the marine...

On 9 May 2023, an open letter from a group of unions and public interest groups worldwide, including Consumers Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, was handed over to Ana Berejiani, the President the Conference of Parties to the Rotterdam Convention. The letter proposed a reform of the Convention’s ‘prior informed consent’ – Right to Know – rules, to ensure governments,...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) supports the Prime Minister’s pledge yesterday to review the disastrous mega PSR project which has come under bitter criticism from civil society organisations including CAP. The Prime Minister’s message indicates that the mega PSR project is defective in its planning and design and raises serious questions about the State Government’s competence...

The oil industry asserts that all plastic is recyclable. Numerous investigations have found it largely is not, and the vast majority of US plastic that consumers thought would go to a recycling center to be reused is actually burned or buried. Troves of documents have shown oil and plastic industry leadership and executives have known that plastic recycling will almost never make financial sense...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) appeals to the Prime Minister (PM) of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Unity Government to take steps to cancel the wasteful Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project which will cause irreversible damage to the environment and the fishing community. CAP welcomes the PM’s recent statement that he had concerns about the PSR project and...

The 71 conditions imposed on the Penang South Islands project would not ease the public’s concerns as they were all about mitigation, and comprised offset programmes that include setting up artificial reefs and fish aggregating devices which could not replace a complex ecosystem. “This is not a trade off, but a write off,” said SAM president Meenakshi Raman in an interview with Astro....

Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Asia and the Pacific’s Climate Bank – has invested at least 1 billion USD in waste incineration, including so-called “waste-to-energy” (WtE) incineration, as a recommended method for municipal solid waste management for its borrowing member countries. Despite documented negative impacts of WtE facilities on public health, environment, economy, and...