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Solar-powered air-con, freeze-tech and ‘fan-jakketos’ among innovative cooling gadgets on the market

A woman holding her hair up while her friend points a handheld fan towards her at Universal Studios Singapore.

Finance is key barrier to roll-out of solutions to weather extreme heat: UNEP climate head

Rising temperatures due to climate change are expected to be worsened by the ongoing warming El Nino event.

NUHS’ Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, first to repurpose dialysis water for plants, given PUB award

Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Goh Hanyan (left) presents the Singapore Watermark Award to NUHS Chief Operating Officer Ng Kian Swan at the award ceremony on Sept 25.

S’pore and Japan deepen ties on environment issues, including coastal protection and climate science

Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu (left) and Japan’s Minister of the Environment Hiroyoshi Sasagawa signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Environment Matters on Sept 24.

Land planned for housing in Tengah converted to park after consulting nature groups: HDB

Land near Tengah Service Reservoir that was initially slated for housing was re-zoned to expand a future park.

New $60m marine science institute launched to help Singapore, region with ocean challenges

The launch of the National Institute for Marine and Ocean Sciences comes as several changes are expected in Singapore’s sea spaces.

What goes on inside the new sorting facility for used bottles and cans

Bags of flattened cans and plastic bottles are piled at the new Counting and Sorting Facility in Tuas.

New Tuas sorting facility collects 27.5 million bottles and cans for recycling in under 2 months

Robotic arms release the flattened bottles and cans into a heavy-duty storage bin, to kickstart the sorting process at the facility.

Solar investments saved Singapore $123.8m in higher fossil fuel import costs: Report

Nearly all of the savings came from avoided gas imports, according to the Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air report published in late-August.

Small retailers with problems clearing non-BCRS stock may apply for 1-month extension: NEA

Under the scheme, all plastic bottles and cans with a volume of between 150ml and 3 litres must be labelled with the 10-cent deposit mark from Oct 1, or they cannot be sold.

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