Malaysia has 51 polluted rivers
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Deputy Minister, Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis, told Parliament today that the country has 51 ailing rivers, reported Bernama today.
Radioactive residue from Lynas plant must be removed from Malaysia, says ministry
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): The Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change said radioactive residue from the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) in Gebeng, Pahang, must be removed from Malaysia.
Govt to tender out RM2b worth of solar projects next year
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The government will undertake an open tender next year for the third round of the 500MW large-scale solar (LSS3) projects worth an estimated value of RM2 billion.
Details of plastic waste ban to be finalised by year end, says Yeo
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Putrajaya aims to finalise details of banning the import of non-recyclable plastic waste by end of this year.
Don’t replace feeder buses with Grab — disability group
PETALING JAYA (Oct 16): Representing disabled people, a coalition of NGOs today denounced Putrajaya’s plan to replace feeder buses with Grab cars, Free Malaysia Today reports that the NGOs called the idea unacceptable and simplistic.
Yeo Bee Yin: Government freezes licence issuance for plastic waste recycling factories
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The government has freezed issuance of licenses to establish plastic waste recycling factories in Malaysia and banned the import of these materials to ensure existing illegal factories do not continue their operations.
Melaka: Let the rakyat witness policy-making
JASIN (August 7): Melaka will let the people “see for themselves” to witness that policies are implemented in a transparent manner, by opening its doors to observers at the main meeting of the Local Government Authorities (PBT).
Govt: We will not become world’s solid waste dump
PETALING JAYA (July 31): Malaysia will not become the world’s solid waste dump, assured the government.
RM114m to subsidise residential power surcharge in 2H18
KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Domestic users are the first priority for Putrajaya, which will utilise RM114 million from the Electricity Industry Fund (KWIE) to subsidise nearly 82% of residential power users in the second half of the year, according to Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment minister Yeo Bee Yin (pictured).
KL eateries’ food contamination at less than 15%, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Is it safe to eat out in Kuala Lumpur? Recent reports of restaurants and eateries being closed down owing to poor hygiene in the Klang Valley have made city folk more wary but how bad is the situation, really? According to a report by The Star today, the rate of food contamination in eateries in the city is less than 15%.
