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Sustainable innovations of 2025

From carbon-lite AI to recycled human hair, Eco-Business sifts through the technologies that tackled environmental and social problems in a year that artificial intelligence use exploded and climate impacts intensified.

17 Dec 2025

Move brings 18 toy categories under extended producer responsibility rules as Seoul steps up efforts to cut plastic wastes.

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He takes the helm of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ministry following a Cabinet reshuffle, succeeding acting minister Johari Abdul Ghani and former minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

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Gen Z protesters are shaking governments worldwide but experts wonder if rage can lead to lasting reform.

16 December 2025

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15 December 2025

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Loy Yang B coal-fired power station, a 1,200-megawatt plant that supplies 20 per cent of power to the state of Victoria. Sembcorp says the plant's "flexible and low-cost baseload electricity will be required to support the integration of renewables into the grid."

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12 December 2025

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11 December 2025

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Joel Jay Soriano, First Gen's head of strategy and planning, speaking at the Asian Clean Energy Summit

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