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SEDC pitches for electric mobility adoption

BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) and the Association of Importers and Traders of Motor Vehicles Malaysia (PEKEMA) Sarawak are pitching for electric vehicle usage in the state. Their teaming up to develop the Electric Vehicle (EV) market in Sarawak augurs well with the push for green […]

Deputy minister: Everyone’s duty to realise environmental sustainability vision

SIBU: The participation of everyone is needed to achieve environmental sustainability in Sarawak, which is one of the three main pillars under the Post Covid-19 Development Strategy 2030 (PCDS 2030). Sarawak Deputy Minister for Public Health and Housing, Michael Tiang said this could be achieved by carrying out various educational programmes on 3R (reduce, reuse […]

Sustainable living via recycling

KUCHING: Trienekens Sarawak Sdn Bhd as an environmental sustainability advocate has worked on several solid waste separation and recycling projects with Kuching city councils, schools, and communities over the years. In a social media post commemorating the National Recycling Day on Friday (Nov 11), Trienekens said the practice of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) has […]

Stakan SUPP echoes activist’s call on climate change law 

KUCHING: The Stakan branch of Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) wants the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to be brought forward to ensure the preservation of the environment for future generations. Branch chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok agreed with the call made by social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye that the […]

Big data provides economic value, drive energy sustainability

KUCHING: Big data is an increasingly valuable renewable resource that could provide economic value while also driving environmental and energy sustainability, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Dubbed as the ‘new oil’, Abang Johari said big data will play a vital role in environmental and energy sustainability as well as protecting […]

Joint efforts needed to tackle climate change

KUCHING: Sarawakians are urged to come together to jointly tackle climate change and make Sarawak part of the global solution for world environmental sustainability. Director of ZHA Environmental Sdn Bhd Bernard Yong made the call during World Environment Day celebration at Mydin Tunku Vista yesterday. ZHA is the largest used tyre waste management company in […]

State’s green energy move commendable

By Sarah Hafizah Chandra & Alexandra Lorna THE state government’s efforts to reduce the carbon footprint and shape the desired environmental sustainability goal through the Sustainable Sarawak Blueprint is indeed commendable, said Datuk Ibrahim Baki. The GPS-Satok assemblyman noted that the seriousness of this was put into gear with the formation of the new Ministry […]

Providing carbon dioxide storage solutions

FOREST sustainability can meet the demands of Sarawakians without jeopardising the state’s future generations, said Datuk Huang Tiong Sii (GPS-Repok). During the DUN sitting today, Huang said he believed that with the passage of the Bill, the state’s forest carbon activities would run smoothly, providing carbon dioxide storage solutions in Malaysia and the region, as […]

RM315 million annually from carbon forest activities

By Neville Timothy Sanders THROUGH forest carbon activities, Sarawak is expected to have a new source of revenues estimated at RM315 million annually. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said that this was based on the World Bank Carbon Price of USD 5.00 per tonne carbon with the estimation that 30 per cent of […]

State to mitigate effects of climatic change

By Neville Timothy Sanders THE SARAWAK government is committed to taking measures to mitigate the effects of climate change by adhering to environmental sustainable protocols in the management of its forests, said Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan. The Deputy Premier said that the Kyoto Protocol allowed for carbon sequestration by afforestation reforestation under the […]