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10 September 2010
Kota Kinabalu, September 3 - Sabah’s power producer is studying the possibility of using alternative energy following the rejection of the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment report for the controversial Lahad Datu coal-fired power plant.
Amsterdam, September 2 - Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world’s largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S.
Kota Kinabalu, August 21 - A rejection of the Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) for a controversial coal-fired power plant in Sabah’s east coast appears to be only a temporary setback for the project’s proponents.
Kota Kinabalu, July 18 - Some 400 people comprising villagers and folks from the east coast’s Lahad Datu district have voiced their opposition against a proposed 300MW coal-fired power plant.
Insight — Indonesian power utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara’s (PLN) 10,000MW coal-fired First Crash Programme will finally be completed in 2012. John McBeth examines the back story and explains that somewhere down the road, PLN will find itself saddled with inevitable breakdowns and a heavy maintenance bill.
Insight — Despite its flaws, coal is still the cheapest, most widespread fossil fuel
Jakarta, 18 March - A new report by environmental activists warns that after decades of deforestation from widespread illegal logging, Kalimantan now faces a bigger environmental threat: large-scale coal mining is severely damaging the island’s ecology.
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