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Ban trawl fishing now to prevent the collapse of our fisheries

admin October 12, 2011 0 Comments

Malaysian fisheries are facing a collapse as the plunder and mismanagement of our fisheries resources over the decades are depleting our fish stocks. According to the World Fish data there is a decline of 80-90 % of fish in our waters. One of the main culprits is trawling, which involves dragging huge, heavy nets along the sea floor. Large metal plates and rubber wheels attached to the nets move...

Civil society forum calls on the Government of Malaysia to stop its nuclear power development plan

admin October 11, 2011 0 Comments

Civil society organisations from Japan, South Korea, Australia and Malaysia called on the Government of Malaysia to stop its nuclear power development plan. The groups said they are convinced beyond doubt that nuclear power has no place in Malaysia’s quest to chart a sustainable energy future. The groups are Friends of the Earth Japan (FOE-Japan), Citizen Nuclear Information Centre, Fukushima...

Invitation: Climate & Energy Forum: Towards Energy Efficiency & Safe Options

admin September 28, 2011 0 Comments

Greetings! CAP, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth Malaysia), Friends of the Earth Japan and Third World Network have the pleasure of inviting you to attend a 2 day Climate & Energy Forum with a focus on nuclear energy on the second day of the forum. This forum is co-organised with the Faculty of Law University Malaya and is open to the public with free admission. Details of the...

Support the public campaign against the promotion of nuclear technologies

admin September 9, 2011 0 Comments

Dear friends, despite the on-going environmental and human disasters brought by the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear reactors meltdown, the Japanese government is hell-bent to continue its export of what has become questionable nuclear power generation technologies. Since Fukushima, Japan has witnessed a revival of a citizen-led anti-nuclear power movement. As the crisis entered its 6th month,...

Penang Hill Project: The true story

admin August 25, 2011 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang deeply regrets statements by Berjaya Corporation criticizing Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon’s administration for decisions made over the Penang Hill project in 1993. Both Tan Sri Vincent Tan and Berjaya Land’s chief executive officer, Datuk Francis Ng have distorted the facts and have not presented the complete and true picture of what happened as regards the...

Our oceans in peril

admin August 16, 2011 0 Comments

Are we facing global ecological apocalypse? Experts report accelerated melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets; decrease in Arctic Sea Ice; sea level rise and release of trapped methane from the seabed. How have these changes and human activities affected our oceans - the largest ecosystem on Earth that maintains our world in a habitable condition? A June 2011 summary report of the...

Natural disaster or human interference?

admin August 12, 2011 0 Comments

CAP is saddened by the recent landslide in Kampung Sungai Ruil, Cameron Highlands that has claimed seven lives. Whilst the cause of the landslide that hit the Orang Asli settlement is being investigated by the authorities, there are speculations that a land clearing and earthworks nearby the settlement for a township development by LBS Bina Group Berhad could have contributed to the disaster....

Stop Lynas: Malaysians protest at corporate HQ in Sydney

admin July 20, 2011 0 Comments

July 5, 2011 - A delegation of 12 Malaysians held a protest outside the Australian company Lynas' HQ in Sydney against its construction of the world’s largest rare earth refinery in the industrial estate of Gebeng, near the port of Kuantan. There is growing opposition because the refinery will leave highly toxic and radioactive behind. A previous rare earths refinery in Bukit Merah (operated...

No confidence in IAEA review team report on Lynas project

admin July 12, 2011 0 Comments

CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are disappointed that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given the go ahead to the proposed Lynas rare earth processing plant in Gebeng by concluding that the review team was not able to identify any non-compliance with international radiation safety standards. The team had nevertheless identified 10 issues which it considered that improvements...

Lynas RIA is full of holes

admin June 21, 2011 0 Comments

The Radiological Impact assessment (RIA) for the Lynas plant which was made available for public viewing on 30 May 2011 has cast serious doubts on the whole approval procedure and due diligence process. Firstly, the RIA made public recently was done in June 2010. However, it made references to an earlier version approved in 2008. Why was the RIA approved in 2008 before the revised version was...

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