Audrey Tan

audreyt@sph.com.sg
An Indonesian helicopter dumping water over a forest fire in Sumatra last month. A severe El Nino in 2015 exacerbated the forest fires in Indonesia, with hotter and drier weather intensifying the blazes and resulting in an intense haze that shrouded

El Nino could rear its head again in Singapore come end of the year

Aug 23, 2018, 5:00 am

Three hornbills found dead in Tanglin Halt

Aug 15, 2018, 5:00 am
Wild boars were spotted around Tuas bus interchange in June last year. Such encounters between humans and wildlife are rising.

Greater focus on food safety and animal welfare

Jul 27, 2018, 5:00 am

Move to consolidate focus on food security, animal welfare should go beyond what AVA has already done

Jul 26, 2018, 3:09 pm

Protecting the natural heritage

Jul 21, 2018, 5:00 am
Before development works started at Mandai Lake Road in January last year, Mandai Park Development installed speed-regulating elements such as humps and strips, and hoardings to stop animals from running onto the road. But there are gaps between the hoard

askST: Preventing roadkill in Singapore

Jul 21, 2018, 5:00 am

Cool ways to beat urban heat

Jul 14, 2018, 5:00 am
The nature community, including veteran wildlife expert Subaraj Rajathurai, believes the roadkills happened because Mandai Park Development did not take enough care to reduce environmental impact.

Nature expert threatens to leave Mandai discussions

Jul 13, 2018, 5:00 am

Wildlife consultant threatens to pull out of Mandai developer talks after roadkill incidents

Jul 12, 2018, 4:15 pm

Cooling Singapore project comes up with new ways to beat the heat

Jul 12, 2018, 5:00 am

Cooling Singapore project comes up with 86 ways to help island beat the heat

Jul 11, 2018, 7:23 pm

Call for Asean to work together for low-carbon future

Jul 11, 2018, 5:00 am

Singapore to offer climate change expertise to Asean: Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli

Jul 11, 2018, 5:00 am

Asean must work together to deal with climate change: DPM Teo Chee Hean

Jul 10, 2018, 7:53 pm

Singapore to offer programmes in climate change to Asean: Masagos

Jul 10, 2018, 1:48 pm

Big scope to spread solutions from city to city: Tharman

Jul 10, 2018, 5:00 am

New Tuas plant to boost water supply and landfill lifespan

Jul 10, 2018, 5:00 am

New used water and waste treatment plant in Tuas to expand water supply and landfill lifespan

Jul 9, 2018, 4:39 pm

Spread solutions from one city to another, one part of the world to another: Tharman

Jul 9, 2018, 11:19 am

HDB exploring floating solar panels in open sea

Jul 9, 2018, 5:00 am

Cheers! A special beer to mark a special anniversary

Jul 9, 2018, 5:00 am

PUB rolls out craft beer made using Newater for 10th anniversary of global water conference

Jul 8, 2018, 7:04 pm

HDB looking at expanding use of floating system for solar panels in open sea

Jul 8, 2018, 1:00 pm
Last month, Singapore officially opened its third desalination plant in Tuas, which can produce enough water to supply 200,000 households. Up to 30 per cent of Singapore's water needs can now be met by turning sea water into drinking water. Two more

Water still an existential issue, despite advances

Jul 8, 2018, 5:00 am
Singapore's third desalination plant officially opened last week. To produce water via desalination or treatment of used water, between five and 17 times more electricity than that used to treat rain water is needed.

PUB focusing on more efficient water treatment

Jul 6, 2018, 5:00 am