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Mend the holes in the Environmental Quality (Amendment) Bill 2023
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – To commemorate Human Rights Day, Greenpeace Malaysia collaborates with Oscar Lee from co2_ karbondioksida on a mural, taking a strong stance in advocating for equal access…
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Renewed calls for ASEAN to prioritise and protect citizens’ rights to clean air from transboundary haze
More cases of dangerous haze pollution have been observed in the last few weeks, particularly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.
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Greenpeace Calls for New Environment Minister to Walk the Talk
Greenpeace Malaysia sent a letter to the new Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad calling for the prioritisation of a comprehensive and integrated approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation through the enactment of three Acts.
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Civil society groups file landmark complaint to SUHAKAM for public inquiry into haze pollution as a human rights violation.
Ahead of the International Human Rights Day on 10th of December, a broad alliance of civil society organisations files a pioneering complaint at the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) as a proactive countermeasure to address the chronic and persistent haze pollution.
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Satellite images reveal global air pollution rebound 1 year after first Covid-19 lockdowns
Levels of toxic NO2 air pollution have rebounded in cities around the world one year after initial Covid-19 lockdowns went into effect.
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An area eight times the size of Bali has burned in Indonesia in the last five years, new Greenpeace report shows
Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s new report ‘Burning Issues: Five Years of Fire’ reveals that 4.4 million hectares of land in Indonesia – an area 8 times the size of Bali – have burned between 2015-2019.
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Forest Fires Haze: New Greenpeace report reveals alarming health impacts and links to severity of COVID-19
Governments in Southeast Asia have massively downplayed the health impacts of Indonesia’s forest and peatland fires according to a new report released today by Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day
Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day.
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Major consumer brands linked to massive CO2 emissions from Indonesia forest fires
Jakarta, Indonesia – Some of the world’s best known brands are fuelling climate change by sourcing palm oil and wood pulp linked to Indonesian forest fires.
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Top consumer companies’ palm oil sustainability claims go up in flames
Consumer goods companies Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle, and Procter & Gamble (P&G), and top palm oil traders including Wilmar are buying palm oil from producers linked to thousands of fire hotspots in Indonesia this year.