General News
BBC, Friday 27 September 2019
Microplastics: Premium teabags leak billions of particles - study
Some premium tea bags might be leaving billions of microscopic plastic particles in your cup, new research suggests.
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Big Think, Sunday 22 September 2019
Can the world run on renewables? Yes, Stanford researchers say.
As the world marches steadily on toward a future of renewable energy, one 2017 study, published in the journal Joule, indicates that a total overha...
NST, Sunday 22 September 2019
Perlis teak initiative blossoms
Such glorious beauty brings to mind the words of poet Joyce Kilmer: "A tree looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tre...
voanews, Friday 20 September 2019
Hundreds of Thousands Rally Across Australia, Asia Against Climate Change
Thousands of students took to the streets of Australia and other Asia-Pacific countries Friday to kick off a global strike demanding world leaders gathering for a U.N. climate summit adopt urgent measures to stop an environmental catastrophe.
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The Star, Sunday 8 September 2019
Hazy days till month’s end
The haze in Malaysia is likely to persist until the end of this month in view of the low chances of heavy rains and the possibility of uncontrolled...