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Nature 101: The Iconic Greenpeace’s History, Events, and Famous Ships

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was founded in 1971 by activists who sailed to Amchitka Island, Alaska to protest nuclear testing. Their actions sparked a movement that has since grown into a organization with offices in over 55 countries. The organization uses non-violent direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions essential to a green and peaceful future. Image source: Greenpeace

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Environment 101: Climate Change Is Real & Bad News: Europe Is Drying Up

Climate change sea level nature environment Klang Malaysia

As much as many around the are giving low priority to , is real and it has started to cause problems to many all over the world. It is predicted that by the year 2030, the sea level is expected to increase by 4 feet and 5 feet by the year 2050. By then, a number of coastal areas like Klang marked in red are expected to be under the sea. Map source: Climate Central

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Environment 101: Clueless Kelantan PAS & Humourless Water Resource Management

Water Treatment Nature Kelantan

The State of Kelantan seems to be having a huge problem converting raw river into clean water to end consumers that meet international standards. However, this is not a question of luxury but a necessity given the demands of the growing population. It is a basic need of everyone. This is why it is very important to plan & manage these natural resources well.

Image source: Ahmed, Minhaz & Mokhtar, Mazlin & Alam, Lubna & Mohamed, Che Abd Rahim & Choo Ta, Goh. (2019). Non-carcinogenic Risk Assessment of Aluminium Ingestion Via in . Exposure and Health. 11. 10.1007/s12403-019-00297-w.

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Water Pollution 2021: Two Water Disruptions, Faster Recovery This Time

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One of the biggest headaches, whenever we have disruption, is that once the plant starts working, it takes at least 2 days for the treated water to reach our homes.

The reason for the delay is due to the number of water treatment processes that need to be done before the water can be released to the end consumers. Those homes on hills like mine take even longer due to the lower water pressure. Image source: Dwyer

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Water Pollution 2020: Some Bad News, Some Good News to Ponder

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On 10th November 2020, the State of experienced another water disruption affecting some 1.1 million accounts making it the 9th this year alone. This time the suspect is from Indah but there is another twist to the story. Image source: Facebook

It has been a fact that the state of Selangor has been having too many water disruptions and despite the offenders have been identified and punished, it has not been the end of the trouble for the consumers in this state. The matter has been talked about for far too long but there seems to be no proper closure to this man-made incidents.

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Malaysia 101: When Stupidity, Stubbornness and Double Standards Mixed

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What really went wrong in ‘s fight against ?

Just when Malaysia almost able to bend the curve, it suddenly spiked up again and it is running loose now. Have we gotten lax in and maintaining our precautions? It is the same case with disruptions in the state of – it is happening way too frequently these days. Image source: Our World In Data

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Water Pollution 2020: Why We Are Not Punishing Everyone For Water Disruptions?

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Seriously I have lost count but once again, someone had polluted the that caused the supply in to be disrupted again. And once again, the act of polluting the rivers seemed intentional and with little regards to the welfare of thousands of consumers. If it is not considered as malicious , then what is it then? A sheer recklessness? Image source: NST

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Water Disruption 2020: Water Polluters – When Karma Finally Strikes!!!

Water disruption tap dry Selangor

Despite living in the tropics, disruptions has become part and parcel of our daily lives and it is due to man-made pollutions and often the culprits gets away with light or no punishments. Image source: Photo by PS Photography from Pexels  

If you have not been keeping up with the from , a few days ago, major caused the shutdown of 4 plants causing to almost 1.2 million users. This is nothing new if you ask as we have been having water disruptions due to polluters for some time now.

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National Security 2019: Treat Water Pollution as Terrorist Attack!!

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& to consumers is not new – the above was back in October 2016 when it was discovered that a toxic solvent had been dumped into a tributary of a river that flows into the Sungai plant. Earlier this month, the plant was shut down due to “odor pollution”.

On Sept 23, it was closed due to from Sungai Lalang near the Semenyih Hitech area, and a day earlier, it was shut down due to contamination believed to be from an illegal factory along Jalan Sungai Lalang. Image source: The Star

Considering how water pollution is causing hardship to the consumers in this country and the level of punishment is not enough to stop pollution from recurring (and causing water supply disruptions), we need to treat all these polluters as terrorists and in particular as a determined terrorist attack.

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Prepping in Malaysia 101: Rationing Up Water For the Worst Part 2

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(Some of the quick steps taken the State when the state faced with serious and people’s anger over the matter got worse on daily basis. Image source: YB Hannah Yeoh)

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Environment 101: Haze, The Smoke Gets In My Eyes, Again!

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(The hotspot in Indonesia is a yearly affair and it somehow the haze had become “tolerable” when by right it should not be the case. The above when Singapore faced the worst from the slash & burn activities in Indonesia. Image source: http://marufish.com)

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Environment 101: Tackling The Largest Oil Spill

Oil Spill Deepwater Horizon Environment Nature

Photo caption: Sunlight illuminated the lingering off the Mississippi Delta on May 24, 2010. The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image the same day. Image source: Wikipedia

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