Friday, November 27, 2009

Need More Studies to Avoid Confusion on Green Issues

Some are very extreme and cannot contribute to the sustainable development. Malaysia is a green country (?) and young need to look into this GREEN issues seriously. Time is running out competing with the greedy and needy. Read Star 28 November 2009.

"Published: Friday November 27, 2009 MYT 4:02:00 PM
Dams, bio-fuel plantations cannot be classified "green energy": NGO
By STEPHEN THEN


MIRI: Hydro-electric dam projects and biofuel-plantation projects that uproot tribal folks from their ancestral homes must be de-listed from their ''green energy'' tags and classified as ''people-destructive and eco-unfriendly'' projects, said the latest report from Survival International, a global organisation involved in protecting tribal people.

The organisation, with its headquarters in London, wants the international community and governments to stop classifying these energy-production projects as ''green projects'' if these projects ruined the lives of native communities........."

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