Media Statement

SAM is outraged over approval of EIA of the Penang South Reclamation project

Sahabat Alam Malaysia is shocked and outraged after learning that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the proposed reclamation and dredging works for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project has been approved by the Department of Environment (DoE). We are appalled that the project has been approved despite concerns and objections raised by fishermen …

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Return Lynas radioactive waste to Australia

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcome the Malaysian government’s move in not giving in to the pressure by Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd to revoke the previous operating conditions imposed in 2020, most importantly regarding shifting of the cracking and leaching process (which involves radioactive material) to outside of Malaysia. …

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Set up Commission of Inquiry for the landslide tragedy in Batang Kali

SAM is shocked to learn about the horrific landslide tragedy in Batang Kali which has claimed several lives including children. Time and again we have been warning about allowing earthworks and other forms of activities on highlands and hillslopes which are environmentally sensitive areas. The root causes of the tragedy must be investigated and publicly …

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Be transparent on cable car project

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is very alarmed to learn about the announcement by the Chief Minister of Penang that the cable car project to Penang Hill has been awarded to Hartasuma Sdn Bhd, at an estimated investment of RM 245 million and is based on a 30-year concession period and will be located in the …

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No to mining activities in permanent forest reserves and environmentally sensitive areas

This is a joint statement issued by several NGOs opposing mining activities in permanent forest reserves and environmentally sensitive areas Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs), urge all State Authorities, especially in the states of Perak, Kedah, Kelantan and Pahang where mining has been reported, to prohibit mining activities in Permanent Reserved Forests (PRFs) and environmentally sensitive …

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Financial institutions must not contribute to forest and peatland destruction and transboundary haze

As the climate and biodiversity crisis intensifies, credit to forest-risk commodity companies increased 60 per cent between 2020 and 2021 A new report, released today by the Forests & Finance Coalition, whose members include the Rainforest Action Network, Profundo, TuK Indonesia, Bank Track, Amazon Watch, Reporter Brasil, Friends of the Earth US and Sahabat Alam …

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CAP shocked the Cabinet has ratified CPTPP

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) endorses the following statement released by the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) CAP is shocked that the Cabinet had decided to ratify the controversial Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) even as parliamentarians prepared to debate this in the ongoing Dewan Rakyat sitting. Our study of the latest cost-benefit analysis (CBA) …

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Baling floods – make findings public

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is most disappointed that our call for a public commission of inquiry (COI) on the Baling floods in Kedah has been dismissed by the Kedah state government, as well as the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR). SAM, had on Wednesday, 6 July, called on the Kedah state government to …

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Groups urge second largest shipping company in the world to stop shipping plastic waste

This is a press release by the Malaysia Break Free from Plastics to which SAM is a part of In conjunction with the 2022 UN Ocean Conference which kicked off yesterday with an interactive dialogue on addressing marine pollution, Malaysia Break Free from Plastics – Stop Waste Trade Coalition joined groups from around the world …

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Environmental groups claim that new rules restricting plastic trade are being ignored

This is a press release by Break Free from Plastic which SAM is a part of Governments urged to fully enforce the Basel Convention Geneva, Switzerland – At the ongoing meeting of the Basel Convention, the Basel Action Network (BAN) and member organisations of the Break Free from Plastic movement (BFFP) presented evidence of continued …

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