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News / Food & Agriculture

Has this Singapore-listed palm oil firm been concession laundering?

...ads. Burmitama added that it would compensate for illegally deforested land, even if it had happened before it acquired the company responsible, according to RSPO rules. As an example of its compensat...

16 Nov 2018

Has this Singapore-listed palm oil firm been concession laundering?

News / Carbon & Climate

90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air – World Health Organization

...power plants, industry, agriculture and transport. Waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution, as are sand and desert dust, the agency says. Inside people’s houses, the ma...

3 May 2018

90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air – World Health Organization

Videos / Lifestyle

The Conscious Festival draws biggest turnout yet in Singapore

...Power, Singapore’s first carbon-neutral energy retailer to purchase carbon credits, which contribute to the building of a new grid-connected hydropower plant in Quang Nam, Vietnam, offsetting 105 metr...

9 Nov 2018

The Conscious Festival draws biggest turnout yet in Singapore

News / Energy

Singapore’s 10-year journey in urban solar

...power generated by the testbed could potentially power about 12,500 four-room public housing units, and PUB is currently calling for tenders to examine the impact of large-scale floating solar systems...

11 Oct 2017

Singapore’s 10-year journey in urban solar

News / Energy

Politics could short-circuit Australia's clean energy future

...power plants to give advance notice of their intention to close, and taking measures to improve the integration of various energy sources in the national energy grid. At a July 14 meeting of national...

27 Jul 2017

Politics could short-circuit Australia's clean energy future

Videos / Energy

South Australia goes all out on renewables despite federal focus on coal

...power more than 90,000 homes and meet 100 percent of the state government’s own energy needs. The power plant will consist of a large field of around 12,000 heliostats, or sun-tracking mirrors, that f...

16 Oct 2017

South Australia goes all out on renewables despite federal focus on coal

News / Water

Asians are in the dark about the region's water pollution crisis

...powerful corporations accountable for contaminating their local water sources. Elizabeth Moses, environmental democracy specialist, World Resources Institute Communities left high and dry As extensiv...

6 Sep 2017

Asians are in the dark about the region's water pollution crisis

Opinion / Energy

A new world in which solar and storage becomes the cheapest form of energy

...power was the fastest-growing source of new energy worldwide in 2016, outpacing the growth in all other forms of power generation for the first time. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA)...

15 Dec 2017

A new world in which solar and storage becomes the cheapest form of energy

News / Energy

Record 'green' energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges

...power installments increased by nine per cent over 2015 to nearly 2,017 gigawatts. Solar photovoltaic accounted for around 47 per cent of the total additions, followed by wind power at 34 per cent and...

8 Jun 2017

Record 'green' energy capacity added in 2016 as cost for renewables plunges

News / Food & Agriculture

Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018?

...powerful droughts, floods and storms - upping the pressure on agriculture. Curbing climate change will require overhauling the world's food production and distribution system, which is "off the rails"...

2 Jan 2018

Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018?

The Panasonic Kids School programme reached approximately 2.8 million young people around the world. Image: Panasonic

News / Corporate Responsibility

Green dreamers: How firms are grooming a generation of sustainability thinkers

...power of design to mitigate and adapt to climate change.” Autodesk offers free videos, tutorials and case studies that help aspiring designers and engineers move towards building sustainable products....

22 May 2018

Green dreamers: How firms are grooming a generation of sustainability thinkers

News / Waste

As tourists flock to Indian Himalayas, women lead plastics clean-up

...ads, and much more pollution, particularly sewage and plastic bags. "With the arrival of lots of tourists, people gradually forgot about the traditional ways of keeping the surroundings clean," Chondo...

16 Aug 2018

As tourists flock to Indian Himalayas, women lead plastics clean-up

News / Energy

Dirty air takes shine off solar power

...power plants while developing solar power may not be wise, as the coal power plants will have a major impact on solar power generation. “If you really did the economic analysis of these things, you wo...

25 Oct 2017

Dirty air takes shine off solar power

Dr Tiun Ling Ta, Seberang Perai Municipal Council Councillor (far left) moderates a panel discussion with Phee Boon Poh, chairman of Penang’s State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee, Dato Maimunah bt. Mohd Sharif, Penang Island city council mayor and Dato Sr Haji Rozali bin Haji Mohamud, Seberang Perai Municipal Council president

News / Energy

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

...power, with a small contribution from biomass, biogas and solar. Fossil fuels - primarily coal and natural gas - currently account for more than 90 per cent of power generated in Malaysia. Though the...

14 Sep 2017

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

News / Water

Can the countries of the Mekong pioneer a new model of cooperation?

...power, and provide support for the sustainable development of the six countries in the Mekong River region.” The cultural and educational exchange program, sponsored by the Chinese government and orga...

18 Mar 2018

Can the countries of the Mekong pioneer a new model of cooperation?

News / Energy

The aesthetics of wind energy

...power, you may come view a towering, twirling wind turbine as the paragon of elegance or a hideous monstrosity. “Certain aesthetic experiences are conducive to human flourishing. The others do the opp...

12 Feb 2018

The aesthetics of wind energy

News / Energy

What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?

...power stations facing the full cost of their CO2 emissions then this might arguably be considered subsidy-free. Gas is the cheapest conventional technology available, given the UK’s 2025 coal phaseout...

28 Mar 2018

What does ‘subsidy-free’ renewables actually mean?

News / Energy

'Half of Southeast Asia's renewable energy projects are unbankable'

...power plants. Experts cite fossil fuel subsidies as one reason for this. While speakers agreed that the falling cost of renewable energy would push Southeast Asia towards more sustainable means of el...

1 Nov 2017

'Half of Southeast Asia's renewable energy projects are unbankable'

News / Energy

Stretch for power: how high-tech yarn generates new energy

...power breathing sensors - like those used to monitor babies - using the stretch caused by the chest expanding at every inhalation. The innovation could be used to power internet-connected devices and ...

30 Aug 2017

Stretch for power: how high-tech yarn generates new energy

News / Cities

Cities urged to help cut global supply chain emissions

...power plants", they added in a statement. Cities should also do more to measure and monitor emissions linked to consumption, they said. "The power of cities - open, interconnected systems of great den...

9 Nov 2017

Cities urged to help cut global supply chain emissions

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