Environmental issues

Fiji rejects Australian billionaire’s ‘Pacific ashtray’ plan to ship, burn waste

An environmental impact statement lodged showed the plan would also raise Fiji’s national emissions by 25 per cent.

Malaysia’s waste-to-energy push eases landfill strain but raises pollution fears

Technicians and engineers monitor the rubbish incineration process in the control room, which shows 29.8MW of power generation, exceeding the projected capacity of 25MW.

Mining turns India’s heat-shield hills to dust

Most of the Aravallis lie in Rajasthan, and a quarter of the state’s hills have been quarried, a 2018 Supreme Court-constituted committee found.

India’s ‘unsinkable carrier’ near South-east Asia – and its China calculation

Workers unloading shipping containers from the Nalanda passenger vessel at Kamorta in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands on March 25.

Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds

An aerial view shows an illegal gold mine in the Amazon rainforest during a Greenpeace flyover in the municipality of Itaituba, Brazil, on May 20.

Branded Content

From mangrove walks to food tours: Fun June holiday activities with a green twist

Explore Singapore’s greener side through a wide range of exciting activities during Go Green SG 2026.

Man fined $8,000 for dumping furniture illegally in Taman Jurong

NEA's investigations showed that the waste was from reinstatement works carried out at a vacated office in Genting Lane in MacPherson.

Critically endangered pangolin found inside washing machine near Bukit Batok

ACRES had received a call from a resident about “an unusual animal” that had squeezed into the household appliance from below.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops to lowest level since 2019

In the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, where deforestation slowed by 23.5 per cent, five trees are still felled every second.

Activist Erin Brockovich takes on US Big Tech’s data centre boom

US consumer advocate Erin Brockovich has since built a career taking on corporations over pollution concerns.

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