Dear PM - Please Make Up Your Mind on Coal! As a "custodian for future generations", please Do Not Waver!
Nov 21, 2009
Taken from the Prime Minister’s blog:
http://www.1malaysia.com.my/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=a-green-malaysia-for-the-future-4898.html&Itemid=54&lang=en#readmore
[Blog note: Again, we repeat our call -- Can the REAL Najib please stand up??]
With nations recently meeting to discuss a climate change treaty, ahead of the Copenhagen summit in December, I’m reminded that the environment is everyone’s responsibility, and that we must all change our mindset to give it greater consideration. We should do this especially as we are custodians for future generations.
New Malaysian initiatives unveiled recently leave me feeling ever optimistic that we are doing more to preserve what we have, in order that our children and their children may enjoy our unique, natural wonders for years to come.
Firstly, under Budget 2010, a fund amounting to RM1.5 billion will be established by the Government to provide soft loans to companies supplying and utilising green technology. The Government is furthermore committed to restructuring the Malaysia Energy Centre as the National Green Technology Centre; organising an international exhibition on green technology next year; developing Putrajaya and Cyberjaya as pioneer townships in green technology; and giving priority to environmentally-friendly products and services.
Another initiative sees the Sabah state government partnering with WWF-Malaysia to conserve large tracts of forest to protect the habitat of endangered orangutans. The area targeted for restoration amounts to nearly 1,500 football pitches in size.
Thirdly, there is the National Tiger Action Plan, adopted by the National Biodiversity-Biotechnology Council. The plan targets an increase in Malaysia’s tiger population from fewer than 500 to 1,000 by 2020. The setting up of a National Biodiversity Centre was also agreed, to further strengthen the management and conservation of biodiversity in Malaysia.
[Blog note: We wonder whether it is accurate to say that "Fourthly, the Federal Government is 'committed' to REVERSE ALL OF THE ABOVE EFFORTS by forcing Sabah to accept a coal-fired power plant (using made-in-China technology), which the PM himself has regarded as "DIRTY, NOT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY""??!!]
We should not stop at these measures. I would like to obtain your views on what more we can do to ensure a greener Malaysia, so that we can learn from each other. How are you reducing your carbon footprint? Please share your thoughts by submitting a comment. You might also be interested in following the blog of Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, the Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, for his thoughts and opinions on green matters.
[Blog note: BRAVO, dear PM!!! As you yourself has said on your Twitter on 21 November 2009:
"In cockpit as we landed in foggy London. Typical British weather. Floods in north a bad sign. Climate change: world needs to act decisively."
We believe that the first important step to reverse global warming is to STOP coal burning. Therefore, Many of us in Sabah have this thought and comment for you on "what more we can do to ensure a greener Malaysia":
STOP CONTRADICTING YOURSELF ON COAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND CANCEL THE COAL POWER PLANT IN SABAH, RIGHT NOW!!
We in Sabah really hope that you would sincerely "learn from each other"... We certainly hope it's NOT a one-way street, i.e. WE are forced to 'learn' what YOUR Government want us to accept...]
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