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Category: Environment EN

Category: Environment EN

Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime

Lai Cheng November 21, 2024 0 Comments
Published: 28th October 2024 Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report reveals today. The first-of-its-kind study, “Carbon Inequality Kills,” tracks the emissions from private jets, yachts and polluting...
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MALAYSIA PLASTIC FACTS

Lai Cheng November 19, 2024 0 Comments
More Production, More Pollution Plastic pollution remains one of the most pressing environmental challenges we face today, and Malaysia is no exception. With increasing plastic production, our country faces growing concerns over its impact on public health, ecosystems, and the climate. Our latest factsheet, 'Malaysia Plastic Facts: More Production, More Pollution' offers an overview of the...
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CAP urges the Malaysian government to be more ambitious at plastic treaty negotiations

Lai Cheng November 19, 2024 0 Comments
The last scheduled round of negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty will be held in Busan, South Korea from 25 November to 1 December 2024.  The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Malaysian government to be more ambitious at this Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting (INC-5) to end plastic pollution. The global production of primary plastic forecasted to triple...
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NATURE IS OUR KIN

Lai Cheng November 18, 2024 0 Comments
Canadian scientist and environmental activist David Suzuki once said: “We are one small strand in a complex web of relationships with all other species and with air, water, soil and sunlight. Other species of animals and plants are not resources or opportunities. They are our kin, related to us through a shared evolutionary history.” The way we see the world shapes the way we act towards it,...
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Journey to End Plastic Pollution

Lai Cheng November 12, 2024 0 Comments
From 18 to 20 October 2024, the Malaysia Stop Waste Trade Coalition – comprising CAP, C4 Center, Greenpeace Malaysia, and SAM – held the impactful Journey to End Plastic Pollution exhibition at Pavilion Bukit Jalil. The event attracted a diverse audience, including concerned citizens, families, environmentalists, and government officials, all united by a shared commitment to addressing the...
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How Plastic Mulching in Farming Harms the Environment

Lai Cheng November 11, 2024 0 Comments
Plastic mulch, a component of modern agriculture, creates harmful microplastics that take centuries to break down and also pollutes the air if burned. Worldwide, over 20 million hectares of agricultural lands use plastic mulching. This brochure explains how plastic in farming pollutes the environment – and is harmful to soil microorganisms and human health – and why organic mulching is...
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