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Sarawak Energy, GE, and Sinohydro to build 400MW CCGT Block in Malaysia
2016-11-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
Malaysias state-owned utility Sarawak Energy has signed an agreement with General Electric (GE) and Sinohydro to construct a 400MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) Block at Tanjung Kidurong, Bintulu.
Sarawak leader pledges no more logging, palm oil expansion
2015-05-05 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Forest cover status in Sarawak, Sabah, and Brunei as of 2009, according to Bryan et al 2013. Sarawak's leader has allegedly pledged to stop granting industrial timber and palm oil concessions in the Malaysian state's increasingly endangered rainforests, asserts the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF). According to the Switzerland-based forest activist group, Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem told dinner guests at the Malaysian High Commission in London yesterday that he is working to transform...
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Petronas Bintulu LNG Complex, Sarawak
2015-02-23 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Petronas Bintulu LNG Complex, located approximately 20km from Bintulu Town, covers 276ha and currently accounts for 40.5% of Sarawaks gross export, 6% of Malaysias total export and 4.2% of the countrys GDP.
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Company run Sarawak governor amassed $1.4B state infrastructure contracts
2015-01-27 03:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Cahya Mata Sarawak, a publicly-listed infrastructure company run by relatives of Sarawak's former chief minister and current governor, has received over $1.4 billion in state contracts over the past 20 years, alleges an investigative report released by the Bruno Manser Fund. The report, titled Corruption Management Sarawak Cahya Mata Sarawak and Malaysias Taib family, looked into CMS's activities since it was privatized by former Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and taken over by his...
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Facing legacy deforestation &corruption, Sarawak may cease granting logging concessions
2015-01-19 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Logging road in neighboring Sabah. Legal logging has caused substantial forest loss and degradation in Sarawak over the past 30 years, depleting canopy cover, altering forest structure, exacerbated hunting, and driving conversion to plantations. Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem says his government may stop granting new logging concessions, reports Malaysian state media. "Enough with this broad daylight robbery of our timber," Adenan was reported as saying by Bernama during an event last...
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