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CASH  : ”  I AM WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST THE COAL FIRED POWER PLANT……… "

SESB  :  "  FAVOUR THE COAL FIRED POWER PLANT………"

L-R: RTM interviewer, CASH Nordin Thani, SESB  Peter Lajumin

SABAH SURE BLACKOUT PROGRAM IN S"KAN TODAY , 10th Jan 2009 .

SANDAKAN : RTM is holding programme called " Sabah Sure Blackout" today, Saturday , at the Sandakan Habour Square , which concerns the power supply problem in sabah & the proposed coal-fired power plant project controversy.
The event features debate-like TV interviews with Consumer Association of Sabah & labuan CASH Deputy president Nordin Thani, who favours the solar energy system as the best alternative & a SESB representative Peter Lajumin Senior General Manager ( operations ), who favours the coal-fired power.
Nordin, who is Uk engineering degree said, " I speak from my experience as a malaysian student while living in UK & how I observed the solar system"…………

Sandakan Anti Coal Fired Power Plant Action Committee (SACPPAC) Chairman Stephen Wong in deep discussion with CASH Nordin Thani deputy president.

SACPPAC chairman Stephen Wong and Gengadharan Pillai hand the Anti Coal Flyers to SESB PETER Lajumin, Senior General Manager (operation).

##   ABOVE PROGRAMME WILL BE " AIR " OVER RTM 1 TENTATIVELY TUESDAY ON 27TH JAN 2009 3 – 4 PM  ##

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Study on Sabah wind power potential 

Kota Kinabalu: A professional wind mapping survey under way throughout Sabah should soon identify specific sites where wind power potentials can be tapped.

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation officials together with wind power engineers have been making the field rounds, especially in Kudat.

Their interest in Kudat is based on a Nasa wind chart which indicated a pattern of consistent winds in the tip of Sabah.

With rapidly increasing efficiency of wind turbines, its potential for electricity generation looks "promising," some engineers believe.

Sirim Division on Renewable Energy officials were among the survey tours which actually began in October last year and repeated twice recently.

The initial interest is focused mainly on identifying possible sites to start four pilot monitoring stations to determine the wind speed and power density.

"With respect to this, the Sabah Environmental Protection Association (Sepa) is proud to announce that one of the leading professional service providers in macro (5km x 5km) and micro (40km x 40km) high resolution wind mapping – Hermesrns Sdn. Bhd, has already initiated the ground work," said Sepa President Wong Tack.

"The objective is to accurately predict the complex wind regime found in Sabah which is not clear up until now," he said.

"Sepa feels that a professional wind mapping survey must first be carried out not only in Kota Marudu but also Kudat and throughout Sabah once and for all before turbines are put in place," Wong said.

Wong lauded recent positive statements from both Datuk Max Ongkili – Federal Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation and also Datuk Masidi Manjun – State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Environment on the wind energy.

"Sepa is delighted to hear that wind energy is being considered as a alternative source for power generation at this point in time," he said.

"At the same time, careful and proper study to understand landscape features, wind channels and velocity to know how winds flow as well as potential impediments such as trees and hills will make all the difference," Wong said.

Ongkili had said earlier that the idea of setting up a pilot windmill project initiative was to study the potential of wind power for isolated communities.

Wong noted there were similar pilot wind power projects in the past in a remote spot in Sabah which didn’t work because of the lack of proper studies.

"This is why we believe proper professional wind mapping is important," Wong insisted.

He said once the proper studies had been done, microscale modeling, high resolution colour wind speed and power density maps will be drawn up for the study region.

The wind map results will identify regions where wind turbines would function and those that are unlikely.

"Sepa will then be able to use these wind speed and power density maps to assist in the designation of a potential site boundary," Wong said.

"Hermesns can then use it together the results of the microscale modeling to undertake a pre-feasibility analysis to design a wind farm site that tally with the potential generation capacity," he argued.

Wong said any green energy-focussed organisation, institution or even individuals who are keen on getting involved in this initiative can email hermesrns@yahoo.com

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Coal power is 19th Century technology. (watch video below)

Hello TNB! We are in the 21st Century.

TNB chairman may want to be in the 19th century, but I’m sure we Malaysians, especially Sabahans do not want to keep him company there.

Lets move forward and take the critical global-warming situation into account and do our part.

Listen to the scientist say: "Clean Coal" is an Oxy-moron – looks like we have plenty of those here.

Coal power is 19th Century technology.

NBC News: Tennessee Sludge Gives Coal A Black Eye

02:57 CLEAN Coal? Its A FRAUD

TVA Coal Ash Disaster 124,662 views mountainjustice 01:57

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Let’s keep the campaign going. Don’t Give-Up!

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"EARTH And All of NATURE Is GOD’s GIFT To HUMANITY;

And With It Comes Life’s GREATEST GIFT – CHOICE!

Let’s Make Our Choice A Wise One!" – mootoo

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The Star Online > Nation

Sunday January 4, 2009

We must save environs, says Sabah-born Wong

KUALA LUMPUR: Time is scarce if the environment is to be preserved for future generations, says Australia’s Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong.

“We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We must act now because of what will happen. The evidence is compelling,” she said yesterday.

Wong said this in her keynote address entitled “Moving to a Lo­­wer Carbon Future – Perspective from Australia,” at the Green De­­sign Forum here organised by the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM).

Wong: ‘I still come back and visit Malaysia every year’

The Malaysian-born Wong said climate change must be tackled with innovative ideas and pragmatic solutions, while still maintaining economic growth, which was not easy but a necessary move.

“Making a decision not to act is making a decision that those who come after us must bear the cost,” she said later at a press conference.

The prolonged drought in some parts of Australia and an increase in temperatures had helped raise awareness of the need to address the climate change issue, she added.

Wong said Australia, which relied heavily on coal, was committed to its 2010 deadline for a carbon-trading scheme to help reduce carbon pollution. It also plans to increase the use of renewable energy.

She praised Malaysia for planning to have a Green Building Index (GBI) for commercial and residential properties to help increase sustainability.

The GBI, to be launched by PAM and the Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia this April, is a rating system that evaluates the environmental impact and performance of buildings.

The evaluation will be based on six criteria – energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, sustainable site planning and management, water efficiency, material and resources, and innovation.

Wong, who was born in Kota Kinabalu, still holds Malaysia close to her heart although she left for Australia when she was eight years old with her mother and brother.

Her architect father is the technical adviser to the Kota Kinabalu mayor.

“I still come back and visit Malaysia every year. But I can’t really speak Mandarin though but you have to blame my father for that as he speaks to me in English,” she quipped as her father looked on lovingly.

The short-haired, 40-year-old was elected into the Senate in 2001 and was the first Asian-born Australian federal minister.

Her father Francis Wong beam­ed with pride as he talked about his daughter.

“I am very proud of her. She was very active in political debates even during her university days,” he added.

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COAL PRODUCES MORE CARDON DIOXIDE THAN OTHER FOSSIL FUELS .

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Leung Tian Fatt Says:
December 28th, 2008 at 5:43 am

Saya, keluarga saya dan kawan saya amat tidak bersetuju dengan perancangan membina stesen jana kuasa arang batu tidak kira di mana jua di Sandakan. Tindakan kerajaan masih meneruskan projek ini tanpa mendengar pandangan penduduk setempat amat menyedihkan kami.
Kerajaan sentiasa berjanji akan menjaga dan membantu rakyat mereka apabila menghadapi masalah nampaknya menemui bantahan. Dalam kes pembinaan stesen jana kuasa arang batu, kerajaan langsung tidak mengkaji suara hati penduduk dan akibat pembinaan.
Kita sedia makum, Sandakan yang digelar Bandar Semula Jadi sememangnya mempromosikan kewujudannya dengan alam sekeliling yang masih dijaga dan dikekalkan dengan sempurna tanpa pencemaran. Pusat Pemuliharaan Orang Utan Sepilok, Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary dan Rainforest Discovery Centre mula mendapat sambutan yang hebat bukan sahaja dari pelancong tempatan, malah pelancong luar negara. Sandakan turut terkenal dengan sumber hasil laut yang lazat dan murah. Baru-baru ini, rancangan pembinaan pusat pengajian tinggi di Sandakan turut dijalankan dengan giat.
Operasi stesen jana kuasa arang batu tidak dapat dinafikan akan menghancurkan segala-galanya. Alam sekitar akan dicemar dengan asap-asap yang beracun, hasil buangan yang merbahaya dan akhir sekali mengakibatkan kesan rumah hijau. Natijahnya, pelancong tidak akan berminat lagi berkunjung ke Sandakan yang teruk dicemar. Hasil tanggapan laut akan berkurang, sara hidup nelayan menjadi sengsara, penduduk Sandakan akan menikmati sumber laut yang mahal malah berisiko dengan keracunan ikan. Selain itu, pelajar juga tidak menaruh keinginan untuk belajar di pusat pengajian tinggi di Sandakan apabila kebarangkalian kesihatan sendiri akan diugut dengan kualiti sekitar yang buruk adalah tinggi. Akhir sekali, ekonomi Sandakan akan menjadi lumpuh. Siapakah yang akan bertanggungjawab pada masa itu? Pada masa itu, langkah menyelamat dan pemuliharaan yang diambil sudah tidak dapat menebus apa-apa kesilapan.
Semasa Sandakan dilanda jerebu dari Indonesia akibat pembakaran hutan, kualiti udara Sandakan sudah sangat teruk apatah lagi stesen jana kuasa arang batu yang beroperasi dan bertempat di Sandakan sendiri. Ramai penduduk akan diserang asma, masalah peparu dan sakit jantung.
22 Disember 2008, Tennessee, United States of America (USA) telah berlaku pembocoran hasil buangan dari stesen jana kuasa arang batu. Daripada laporan kerajaan USA, hasil buangan arang batu mengandungi “heavy metal” di mana boleh menyebabkan kanser dan penyakit sistem saraf. USA sebagai negara yang canggih dengan langkah pencegahan yang sempurna juga tidak dapat mencegah kejadiaan malang ini apatah lagi Sandakan.
Rancangan pembinaan stesen jana kuasa arang batu ini sesungguhnya menyebabkan penduduk Sandakan dalam keadaan bimbang dan risau. Penduduk Sandakan hanya mahu alam sekitar yang sihat kerana kami yang tinggal di Sandakan, kami masih muda, kami masih memerlukan masa hadapan kami.

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An environmental disaster of epic proportions just happened in Tennessee. Monday night 2.6 million cubic yards (the equivalent of 525.2 million gallons, 48 times more than the Exxon Valdez spill by volume) of coal ash sludge broke through a dike of a 40-acre holding pond at TVA’s Kingston coal-fired power plant covering 400 acres up to six feet deep, damaging 12 homes and wrecking a train.

According to the EPA the cleanup will take at least several weeks, but could take years. Officials also said that the magnitude of this spill is such that the entire area could be declared a federal superfund site.

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To all loyal supporters of this noble cause:

"May the New Year bring us added vigour, energised determination and renewed courage in facing our adversaries, Happy and Prosperous New Year"

Anti Coal Fired Power Plant Committee.

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