In a place close to the heart of many Sabahans, five prominent Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) have united to form a coalition named ‘Sabah Unite to Re-Power the Future’ or Green SURF, to oppose dirty energy such as coal-fired power plants.
The five NGOs are the Land Empowerment Animals and People (LEAP), Partners of Community Organisations (PACOS TRUST), Sabah Environmental Protection Association (SEPA), the Malaysian Nature Society Sabah Branch and the Sabah office of WWF-Malaysia.
The coalition aims to present positive solutions to the current energy situation in Sabah
UNITE for a greener SABAH!
The five NGOs are the Land Empowerment Animals and People (LEAP), Partners of Community Organisations (PACOS TRUST), Sabah Environmental Protection Association (SEPA), the Malaysian Nature Society Sabah Branch and the Sabah office of WWF-Malaysia.
The coalition aims to present positive solutions to the current energy situation in Sabah
UNITE for a greener SABAH!
With water up to their ankles to recognise climate change, the core Green SURF coalition members hold-up the document signifying their coming together to fight against climate change. From left, Anna Wong, President of the Sabah Branch of the Malaysian Nature Society; Cynthia Ong, Founder and Director of LEAP; Rahimatsah Amat, Chief Technical Officer of WWF-Malaysia’s Sabah Office; Anne Lasimbang, Director of PACOS Trust and Wong Tack, President of SEPA.
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While coal technology for power generation is damaging and dirty (to quote the PM himself) for Semenanjung, it's being pushed down Sabah rakyat's throats by none other than TNB itself, with the announcement of the plant at FELDA Sahabat coming from none other than the same PM....does he know what he's talking about?
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak admitted today that the government needs to revise its energy policy, calling the current one obsolete and in need of a revamp.
In his keynote address at electricity utility TNB's 60th anniversary celebration here, he said the current policy was proven to be costly, both environmentally and financially.
Heavy dependence on independent power producers (IPPs) and costly natural resources like natural gas have taken its toll on the government financially while cheaper options like coal is damaging to the environment, said the prime minister.
"I don't like the current energy policy. It's not right," he told some 1,500 TNB workers attending the event.
"We are overly dependent on the IPPs and expensive resources like natural gas to produce energy and coal is what we call dirty technology, it's not environmentally friendly," he added.
Relations between IPPs and the government have not been good in recent years.
Many leaders from both sides of the political spectrum are calling for the government to be firm with the IPPs which they claimed have been stepping on its toes by providing energy at high prices.
While Najib today said the government should stop depending on the IPPs, he did not mention how the government planned to do so.
Later at a press conference, Najib said the government had begun embarking on a new energy policy that he claims would be focusing more on cost-effective resources.
As revealed in Najib's maiden Budget recently, the prime minister told the media that his administration had started studying sectors like renewable energy and green technology to replace the current policy.
"It's not a short-term solution, it's a long one but we need to make the first step," he said.
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