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Environmental issues

Malaysia preparing to amend laws to curb waste dumping, report says

The move comes as Malaysia seeks to avoid becoming a global dumping ground for discarded components.
The move comes as Malaysia seeks to avoid becoming a global dumping ground for discarded components.

Bali residents take to burning rubbish as landfill rules change

A truck arrives to unload trash at the Suwung landfill in Denpasar on April 2.
A truck arrives to unload trash at the Suwung landfill in Denpasar on April 2.

Littering in JB: Strict enforcement and mandatory community service lead to drop in cases

A Johor Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation officer briefing three individuals before their community service in Johor Bahru.
A Johor Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation officer briefing three individuals before their community service in Johor Bahru.

Tengah school construction expected to negatively impact biodiversity

The creation of a new campus for UWC South East Asia (UWCSEA) is expected to cause adverse impacts on biodiversity in Tengah, even with a plan to blunt ecological damage.
The creation of a new campus for UWC South East Asia (UWCSEA) is expected to cause adverse impacts on biodiversity in Tengah, even with a plan to blunt ecological damage.

War exposes the real case for going green

The Iran war is a reminder that modern prosperity still rests on energy systems that are imported, exposed and vulnerable to geopolitical disruption.
The Iran war is a reminder that modern prosperity still rests on energy systems that are imported, exposed and vulnerable to geopolitical disruption.

Toxic tide: Myanmar’s rare earth mining surge hurting livelihoods along Thailand’s Kok River

pwchiangrai - Fisherman Siam Kaewdam is among the local villagers found by university researchers to have higher-than-normal arsenic levels in his body.
ST PHOTO: PHILIP WEN
pwchiangrai - Fisherman Siam Kaewdam is among the local villagers found by university researchers to have higher-than-normal arsenic levels in his body.
ST PHOTO: PHILIP WEN

France emissions cuts slow again, climate targets off track

France has struggled to reduce the energy intensity of politically sensitive or costly sectors such as transportation and refineries.
France has struggled to reduce the energy intensity of politically sensitive or costly sectors such as transportation and refineries.

Penang to enforce single-use plastic bag ban from Sept 1

The policy is currently in the awareness phase but will move into enforcement in the coming months.
The policy is currently in the awareness phase but will move into enforcement in the coming months.

Deforestation surge, El Nino raise fears of repeat of Indonesia’s 2015 haze crisis

This handout photo taken in Merauke regency, South Papua, on March 17, 2025 and released by Mighty Earth shows a deforested area that will be converted into a sugar cane plantation.
This handout photo taken in Merauke regency, South Papua, on March 17, 2025 and released by Mighty Earth shows a deforested area that will be converted into a sugar cane plantation.

Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo’s self-sufficiency drive: Report

Indonesia's government allocated 20.6 million hectares of forest areas for food-, energy- and water-related programmes in 2025, 43 per cent of which was natural forest.
Indonesia's government allocated 20.6 million hectares of forest areas for food-, energy- and water-related programmes in 2025, 43 per cent of which was natural forest.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.