Swamped with plastic waste - Malaysia struggles as global scrap piles up

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A. Ananthalakshmi, Emily Chow Reuters 25 Oct 18; PULAU INDAH, Malaysia (Reuters) - Hundreds of sacks filled with plastic waste from the U...

SP Group to double electric vehicle charging points to 1,000 by 2020

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Channel NewsAsia 25 Oct 18; SINGAPORE: SP Group announced on Thursday (Oct 25) that it will build 1,000 electric vehicle charging points ...

Malaysia: Moving marine parks dept to ministry that maximises fisheries is wrong, say conservationists

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mei mei chu and rashvinjeet s. bedi The Star 25 Oct 18; PETALING JAYA: It's not right to move a government department in charge of co...

Malaysia: Chopping forests to plant durians like killing goose that lays golden eggs

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mei mei chu The Star 25 Oct 18; PETALING JAYA: Durian farmers are "shooting themselves in the foot" if they continue to clear t...

EU parliament approves ban on single-use plastics

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Clément ZAMPA AFP Yahoo News 25 Oct 18; Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for an EU-wide...

Climate change: Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

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Matt McGrath BBC 25 Oct 18; As well as rapidly reducing the carbon dioxide that we humans are pumping into the atmosphere in huge amounts...

Best of our wild blogs: 25 Oct 18

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Our Crazy Rich Shores: St Jonh's Island Celebrating Singapore Shores! Singapore Raptor Report, Early Autumn Migration, July-Septemb...

Electric buses to serve Singapore commuters from 2020

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Channel NewsAsia 24 Oct 18; SINGAPORE: Electric public buses will hit the roads from 2020, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Wed...

More than 303,300 people and groups sign climate action pledge to reduce carbon footprint

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Cheryl Teh Straits Times 24 Oct 18; SINGAPORE - Over 300 individuals attending an environment-themed event made a pledge on Wednesday (Oc...

Philippines to re-open 'cesspool' Boracay after clean up

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AFP Yahoo News 24 Oct 18; The Philippines re-opens its crown jewel resort island Boracay to holidaymakers on Friday, after a six-month cl...

Plastics have entered human food chain, study shows

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Marlowe HOOD AFP Yahoo News 23 Oct 18; Paris (AFP) - Bits of plastic have been detected in the faeces of people in Europe, Russia and Jap...

Hawaiian island erased by powerful hurricane: ‘The loss is a huge blow’

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East Island has vanished after coming into contact with Hurricane Walaka, an intense storm that hit Hawaii earlier this month Oliver Milman...