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Ang Qing

Correspondent

Ang Qing covers the environment and sustainability at The Straits Times. She started as a journalist in 2015 at The New Paper, before graduating from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a bachelor’s in anthropology and law, and a master’s on the social impacts of technology. Qing is passionate about telling stories about vulnerable, voiceless and forgotten people and things. She was a co-host for Green Trails, a 2024 podcast special series.

Latest articles

EMA to make it easier for households to cancel auto-renewed electricity contracts with retailers

From June 19, households will get more leeway to cancel unwanted electricity contracts.

Singapore’s greenhouse gas emissions dipped in 2023 but could rise again

View of cement and petrochemical facilities on Jurong Port and Jurong Island on December 8, 2020.

Christmas hunt challenge: Can you spot the 25 hidden festive treasures?

Part of Holland Plain, home to orchid once thought extinct, up for conservation

The straggly rush orchid (Dendrobium lobbii), which is critically endangered here, was found in the Holland Plain neighbourhood. In this picture is a specimen from Bintan.

Why Greta Thunberg’s shock protests in Venice can backfire

Green pockets a lifeline for wildlife as forest patch makes way for Chencharu housing

The 99-year leasehold plot is located in the up-and-coming Chencharu residential area in Yishun town.

NTU students successfully raise funds to make school building safe for birds

 A prone Japanese sparrowhawk at NTU's School of Art, Design and Media building.

How a fatal virus sparked Pulau Ubin’s mouse-deer boom

The greater mouse-deer on Pulau Ubin. The mouse-deer population quintupled to 293 individuals per sq km between 2019 and 2024.

COP30 was marked by fire and doused in rain. But UN climate summits can still work

People using fire extinguishers to put out a fire at COP30 on Nov 20.

What impact will UN climate conference COP30 have on South-east Asia?

The conference ended more than 26 hours late.