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Plea to save water catchment area | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Keningau: Residents of Kg Pangas Ulu are pleading to the Government to save their water catchment area as an oil palm plantation company is currently clearing land located just 50 meters away.
L Datu POIC to buy biomass for power: Tan | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kota Kinabalu: The Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu has embarked on a new initiative to buy up oil palm-based biomass from millers for power generation.
Coral Triangle must be preserved: Bolkiah | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kudat: Tourism, Culture and Environment Assistant Minister, Datuk Bolkiah Ismail, said the priceless heritage in the Coral Triangle off the State’s waters must be preserved and protected.
Respect DOE’s decision to reject coal plant DEIA: Masidi | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Ma
Kota Kinabalu: Everyone should respect the decision by the Department of Environment (DOE) to reject the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) for the proposed coal-fired power plant in Lahad Datu.
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A central reason DOE cited for rejecting the DEIA, prepared by a team of
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Bakarunding consultants, was many
important environmental parameters in respect to the proposed project
were not addressed in the DEIA report, according to Yabi.
Coal plant DEIA rejected | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kota Kinabalu: The Department of Environment (DOE) has rejected the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) for the controversial proposed 300MW coal-fired power plant at Sinakut, Dent Peninsular.
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“But when reclamation was undertaken, very severe coastal erosion
occurred, particularly in Kg Contoh, partly because the 100-metre long
bar at the mouth of the Petagas River was removed during the reclamation
process. Hence the waves began to hit the village directly,” Yabi said.
Dept ‘not to blame for delay’ | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Kota Kinabalu: The Environmental Protection Department feels it is being unfairly implicated in the KKIA extension project delay.