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Environmental Impact Assessments restricted: Trust requires transparency
Greenpeace Malaysia firmly condemns the Department of Environment’s (DoE) decision to restrict public downloads of full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports as a step backwards for transparency and public accountability…
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Orang Asli homes demolished in Pahang
Seven of the settlement’s 21 homes were destroyed, including the Rumah Adat the community hall used for weddings, funerals, gatherings and meetings and, of the six residential homes demolished, one belonged to an OKU (person with disabilities). Approximately 60 to 70 people live in this settlement.
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ASEAN leaders cannot claim climate leadership while silencing peaceful protest
While ASEAN leaders spoke of sustainability and regional resilience at opening day of the summit, peaceful Greenpeace activists outside the venue calling for solutions and urgent action were taken into police custody.
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Greenpeace challenges the 48th ASEAN Summit
Greenpeace Philippines activists held a peaceful protest on the opening day of the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.
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Confronting the plastic and waste crises in Southeast Asia
The plastic crisis in Southeast Asia has reached the level of a regional emergency. Annually, six out of ten ASEAN countries generate a staggering 31 million tonnes of plastic waste.This failure…
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Israeli forces intercept, board and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters
Vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla have been boarded and harassed by Israeli forces in international waters.
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Organisations call on Malaysian government to ensure that Lynas rare earth operations do not violate international law
In an open letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia dated 13 April, 57 organisations, representing a diverse groups of Malaysian society sent a very strong message, opposing the agreement by Lynas…
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Greenpeace to join the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza
Greenpeace has today announced that its ship, the Arctic Sunrise, will join the upcoming Global Sumud Flotilla.
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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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Malaysia’s Air Quality Improved in 2025, But Haze and Pollution Risks Persist, New Global Report Finds
Malaysia’s air pollution crisis is driven not only by urban emissions and fossil fuel power generation, but mainly by recurring haze linked to forest and peatland fires, agricultural biomass burning, and weak enforcement against polluters.