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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/11/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s palm oil giants, long-blamed for razing rainforests, fuelling toxic haze and driving orangutans to the brink of extinction, are recasting themselves as unlikely champions in a different, potentially greener race: the quest to lure the world’s artificial intelligence (AI) data centres to the Southeast Asian country.
TotalEnergies on trial for ‘greenwashing’ in France
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» PARIS - The French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies is going on trial in Paris on Thursday over allegations of misleading climate claims, an unprecedented “greenwashing” case against a fossil fuel firm in France.
Renewed focus on plastic waste
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/12/2023
» Thailand is pushing ahead with projects to reduce plastic waste as it struggles to reduce sea pollution, especially after efforts slowed during the pandemic.
Growing opposition to China's plan to strip-mine seabed
Business, Todd Woody of Bloomberg News, Published on 02/08/2023
» BERKELEY: In an international showdown that is pitting China against dozens of other nations, one company's quest to strip-mine the seabed for valuable metals has hit a roadblock.
UK to issue 'hundreds' of new oil, gas licences in North Sea
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» LONDON: The UK government said Monday it would issue "hundreds" of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea to secure energy reserves while still aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
BP faces angry shareholders over climate plans
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» LONDON: Energy giant BP on Thursday faces a shareholder revolt over its decision to slow its energy transition, with activist investors promising to block the re-election of the head of the board of directors.
Farmers tap into sustainable rubber industry
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» By the light of a head torch, Wanida Hityim deftly strips bark from a rubber tree, collecting the milky latex as she explains why she is among a small number of Thai farmers trying to work more sustainably.
EU agrees ban on imports driving deforestation
AFP, Published on 06/12/2022
» BRUSSELS: The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday to ban the import of products including coffee, cocoa and soy in cases where they are deemed to contribute to deforestation.
Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Swiss mull banning factory farms
AFP, Published on 22/09/2022
» GENEVA: The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to ban intensive livestock farming in the largely rural country, which already has some of the world's strictest animal welfare laws.