Environment Board News Today

KUCHING: The transfer of environmental autonomy from the Federal Government to Sarawak under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) will be carried out in phases, says Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.

KUCHING, April 19 — The eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia has not adversely affected the air quality in Sarawak. The Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB)...

Drivers are making the switch to electric vehicles (EVs), globally, nationally and here in Evanston. Over a five-year period ending in March 2024, Cook

Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) alumna Bettye Martin Musham has committed $8 million to the School to address the most pressing issues of wellness and prevention, to reduce health inequities, to develop community-based educational programs, and to transform health care delivery. Her gift is the second-largest donation by an individual in the School’s history and the largest ever for faculty, students, and programs.

At their first meeting of the new year Wednesday, members of the implementation task force for Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan discussed the main contributors to the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and reviewed the 2024 agenda for sustainability and resilience before it heads to City Council.  The agenda calls for more sustainable facilities in...

KUCHING (Nov 16): Any move to adopt the federal government’s amendment to the National Forestry Act (Act 313) would need to be discussed with the Sarawak government, said Datuk Len Talif Salleh. The Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development said while he acknowledged the amendmen

KUCHING (Nov 15): Deputy Minister of Energy and Sustainable Environment Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni has assured the building of cascading hydroelectric cascading dams in rivers in Sarawak is safe. Moreover, he said such dams have been built at several places across the globe. “It is certainly

KUCHING (Nov 8): Sarawak collected 218.779 metric tonnes of e-waste last year, the second highest record in the country, said Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. The Premier said the e-waste was collected from campaigns organised by the state government, Department of Environment (DoE)

The Climate Action and Resilience Plan task force brainstormed ideas for a community dashboard at its meeting Wednesday.  The proposed dashboard would be a public-facing website where goals, updates and data on the city’s climate plan would be available for public use.  “The dashboard is a daunting task and an admirable thing to strive for,”...

KOTA SAMARAHAN (Oct 30): Community awareness on environmental sustainability can help accelerate Sarawak’s efforts towards achieving its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). “The physical, social and economic development and progress will be meaningless if we fail to maintain a clean, safe, healt