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Civil society calls for ban on data centres near residential areas
Malaysia is increasingly becoming a hub for data centres. By 2035, data centres are expected to comprise one-thirds of Malaysia’s total energy consumption, accounting for 73,274 GWh annually.
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How the Godzilla El Niño may resurface Hazezilla
We are reaching the midpoint of the year 2026. There is no doubt we are facing more challenges with the energy crisis and dependency on fossil fuels. The upcoming Godzilla…
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How will the Super El-Nino and energy war crisis affect us?
Prolonged instability of the war between West Asia and USA has triggered an energy crisis across the world due to its heavy reliance on oil and gas. The situation is expected to worsen with the forecasted Super El Nino that will take place from June to August.
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Escalated living costs of plastics
The war in West Asia did not create our vulnerability to oil & gas price shocks; it merely exposed the one we built, barrel by barrel, and plastic bottle by plastic bottle.
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Over 70 campaign groups call on insurers to exclude fossil fuel projects in Coral Triangle
More than 70 organizations from over 20 countries across six continents are urging the biggest global insurance and reinsurance groups to stop providing insurance for fossil fuel projects and fossil gas expansion in…
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One Year On: The stories that continue beyond Putra Heights
Exactly a year after the Putra Heights gas explosion, the impact of the disaster has not ended for those who have lived through it.
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End the War, End the Dependence for National and Regional Security
As the US-Israel-Iran conflict continues, those at the frontlines continue to be in a state of constant fear, with their basic human rights and livelihoods stripped away. The damage is…
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The energy and environmental impact of AI and how it undermines democracy
The AI boom is not progress if it deepens extraction, environmental harm and attacks on democracy.
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One year on, Civil Society groups call for Royal Commission of Inquiry into Putra Heights Gas Explosion
On 1st April 2025, a section of the Peninsular Gas Utilisation (PGU) Phase II pipeline failed at Jalan Putra Harmoni, creating an 8-meter-deep crater and injuring over 110 individuals, damaging over 500 homes and hundreds of vehicles, injured more than 110 people, and forcing the evacuation of more than 600 households.
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Putra Heights: One year on
On 1 April 2025, an explosion and fire occurred along the Peninsular Gas Utilisation (PGU) Phase II high-pressure gas pipeline in Putra Heights, Selangor. However, one year after the disaster, unanswered questions remain.