By Siti Rohaizah Zainal SHAH ALAM, Jan 30 — Team Selangor volunteers have collected a total of 2,719 kilogrammes of trash from 14 hot spots in the state, last year. Its secretariat chief Syahaizel Keman said as part of its environment conservation initiative, the waste collected include some...

By Amin Ridzuan Ishak SHAH ALAM, Dec 11 — The Sultan of Selangor has always advocated for environmental sustainability as a means to ensure the wellbeing of the people. Due to Selangor’s status as the most developed and most populated state, His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah...

CHICAGO, Nov 10 — A team of Chinese and American researchers have concluded that the coronavirus pandemic is driving a big dump of one-use plastics into the earth's oceans, coming mainly from hospitals.

KUALA NERUS, March 27 — Two recipients of the Royal Education Award at the 18th Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) convocation ceremony, here, are determined to make more contributions to the global community and the environment in the future.

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, March 18 — A total of RM6.4 million, which has been collected from the 20 sen per plastic bag charge, will be used to spearhead more awareness programmes. State executive councillor for environment Hee Loy Sian said the revenue from the collection will also be...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — The Department of Environment (DOE) has returned 254 containers of plastic wastes, weighing 5,512 metric tonnes to their respective countries of origin between January and December last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 — A food and beverage processing plant were fined RM90,000 by the Shah Alam Sessions Court, near here, after pleading guilty to two charges of polluting a river by releasing effluent in excess of the set standards.

PEKAN, Nov 6 — Lake Chini, Malaysia's second-largest freshwater lake here, is likely to be gazetted as a state park and forest reserve to make it a recreational destination of choice for both local and foreign tourists.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) aims to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions (NZCE) by 2050 as part of its holistic approach to sustainability; balancing environment, social and governance considerations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The proposed amendments to the Water Services Industry Act 2006 (Act 655) to provide heavier punishments on environmental criminals are awaiting approval from the Cabinet, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia will strive to ensure that the country’s water resources is managed sustainably and that water must be treated with respect.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — Sixty-six Ops Gempur were conducted from January 1 to August 31, involving 2,398 different types of industrial plants, the Dewan Negara was told yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Implementation of the Petrol Subsidy Programme (PSP) and environmental issues are among topics that will be discussed during the Dewan Rakyat sitting which enters its 11th day today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — With the global community busy with addressing the Covid-19 pandemic, many may have forgotten that today is World Environment Day.

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — Environmental protection expenditure for 2018 registered an annual growth of four per cent to RM2.7 billion compared to 2017, according to the Environmental Protection Survey Report 2019.

GEORGE TOWN, May 8 — Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has welcomed the proposal by the Environment and Water Ministry to monitor the environment by ensuring there is no pollution especially during the movement control order (MCO) which has been enforced since March 18.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — Lockdowns and restrictions on movements and activities across the globe have done the environment a world of good.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Yesterday was World Water Day.

SHAH ALAM - Four counties affected by odour pollution at the Semenyih River water source on 28 September have recovered completely.

[caption id="attachment_203422" align="aligncenter" width="734"] Source: mole.my[/caption] SINGAPORE - Singapore is pleased that Malaysia is considering having legislation akin to the republic’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) which was passed in 2014. “I am pleased that Malaysia is...