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Retransform URBAN AREAS

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Urban areas occupy less than 1% of the Earth’s land surface but house more than half of its people. Despite their steel and concrete, crowds and traffic, cities and towns are still ecosystems whose condition profoundly marks the quality of our lives. Functioning urban ecosystems help clean our air and water, cool urban heat islands, and support our well-being by shielding us from hazards and...

FROM FARM TO PLATE, MAKE FOOD SAFE

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It’s World Food Safety Day today (7 June), a good time to remind ourselves to keep food safe and eat good food for a healthy future. Safe food is essential to human health and well-being. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 600 million people fall ill and 420,000 die every year from eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals....

Save Our FORESTS

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Forests and trees make Earth liveable. They provide us with clean air and water. By storing vast amounts of carbon and moderating the climate, they are a critical defence against global heating. They are home to most of the planet’s amazing #biodiversity. They provide shade, recreation and a sense of well-being. And they support the livelihoods of billions of people around the world. Forest...

Heads must roll for the sinking ‘Pulau Pinang’

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The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked and outraged when photographs of the nearly submerged iconic ‘Pulau Pinang’ ferry appeared in social media posted by Netizens on 5 June 2021. If the news of the ferry had not appeared in social media, would the Penang Port authorities engage a contractor to pump out the water? Would there be an announcement that the ferry be turned into a...

Restore Our OCEANS & COASTS

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We live on a blue planet, with oceans and seas covering more than 70% of the Earth. Oceans feed us, regulate our climate, and generate most of the oxygen we breathe. They underpin key sectors of the economy such as tourism and fisheries. And they harbour #biodiversity from whales to plankton in habitats from sun-lit reefs to polar oceans. Despite their importance, #oceans and #coasts face...

REVIVE Damaged Ecosystems, RESTORE the Planet

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Today (5 June) is World Environment Day and this year’s theme is “Ecosystem Restoration”. Ecosystems support all life on Earth. The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet – and its people. From forests and farmlands to freshwater, oceans and coasts, the vitality and diversity of Earth’s ecosystems are the basis of human prosperity and well-being. Yet we are degrading...

World Environment Day Message: It Costs the Earth: Calculate the True Costs now or Perish

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The pandemic we are facing is becoming endemic, meaning that it may stay with us forever (hopefully in a more controllable and less virulent form). And we will have to learn to live with nature and its many furies. We are a part of nature, NOT apart from nature. We think we are humankind and have become very arrogant about our cleverness and our abilities to do so many things without thinking...

World Environment Day: Support & Scale-Up Community-Driven Solutions

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For this year's World Environment Day, most of us, as in the previous year, are celebrating the day indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At times like this, we appreciate the outdoors more and are eager to get out to enjoy the environment and nature, which gives us much calm and joy. However, not all of us are fortunate to savour clear blue skies or clean air as what we sometimes encounter...

SUPPORT CALL FOR PENANG RECLAMATION PROJECT TO BE CANCELLED

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The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) support the call by Nurul Izzah Anwar, the Permatang Pauh member of parliament, for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project to be cancelled. We also wish to respond to the comments by Zairil Khir Johari, the Penang State Infrastructure and Transport Committee chairman yesterday, who among other things, claimed...

CAP: Halt the import of Live Cattle from Thailand

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The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia (DVS) to immediately stop the import of live cattle from Thailand. The call is made in response to a local media report from Thailand that there is an outbreak of the lumpy skin disease among cattle pens in the country. According to the report more than 6,700 cows and buffaloes in 35 provinces in Thailand...

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