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Rozanna Latiff and Liz Lee (Reuters) (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Kuala Lumpur   ● Wed, September 29 2021 Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Monday tabled a new five-year economic plan, boosting infrastructure spending and committing to a carbon tax under climate change goals as the country looks to chart its way out of a pandemic-induced slump. Launching the 12th Malaysia Plan in parliament, Ismail Sabri said the country's financial position was expected to improve in 2023, with the economy targeted to grow 4.5 percent-5.5 percent per annum in the next five years. Malaysia posted average annual growth of 2.7 percent between 2016-2020, dragged down by a 5.6 percent contraction last year due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the premier said. Gross national income per capita rose to 42,500 ringgit (US$10,150) in 2020, about 20 percent lower than the level required to become a high-income country. Malaysia now expects to reach that target by 20... to …

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Compiled by JIA QI CHOK, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN A nine-year-old boy in Tamil Nadu got the honour of his book being officially released by Chief Minister MK Stalin, Makkal Osai reported. Hithiyasan Yadav’s latest book is a collection of short stories titled The Calamitous Gas.The book explains in simple story-like terms how the Earth will change over time if pollution and climate change are not controlled. The book, which is the boy’s fourth published work, was launched by Stalin at the state government office in Chennai. Shanmugam Kumarasamy said his wife Rishiyamalar Subramaniam, 64, was admitted to the Seremban hospital for the surgery. He claimed that she underwent a Covid-19 test and was allegedly confirmed to be clear before being admitted to the hospital on June 7. She underwent surgery the next day. On June 11, Shanmugam was informed by the hospital that she was receiving intensive treatment after contracting Covid-19. Nine days later, Rishiyamalar had died …

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Former Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley said in a video that conservatives believe in climate change and have solutions readily available that won’t bankrupt the nation and cripple our energy independence. “America has been blessed with incredible natural beauty,” Haley said in an exclusive video which was made in partnership with the American Conservative Coalition and Stand For America . “Everyone wants to protect it. We all want pure air, clean water, and healthy children.” “America has also  been blessed with abundant natural resources. Everyone benefits when we use them responsibly,” she continued. “But the far left doesn’t want to use them at all.” WATCH: Haley criticized the “Green New Deal” as “one big lie” that isn’t “green, unless we’re talking about trillions of taxpayer dollars.” “It’s just a bunch of bailouts, handouts, and carve-outs for liberal cronies. Ultimately, it’s about power and politics, not climate.” Haley touted natural energy …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The stock price of FuelCell Energy , a company that designs, manufactures, and operates fuel cell power plants that work on natural gas or biogas, has risen by 6.4% over the last week (five trading days), compared to the S&P 500 which was up 0.6% over the same period. The stock also remains up by about 12% over the last month (about 21 trading days). The recent gains come as FuelCell posted a smaller than anticipated loss for Q3 2021, with its gross margins turning positive after several consecutive quarters in the red. FuelCell also posted better than expected year-over-year sales growth of 43%, driven by more service agreements and licensing revenues as well as stronger power generation sales. Now, is FCEL stock poised to grow? Based on our machine learning analysis of trends in the stock price over the last ten years, there is a 55% chance of a decline in FCEL stock over the next month (twenty-one trading days). See …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin From costume designer to entrepreneur, Heidi Barr is not only bringing more eco-friendly solutions to your kitchen, but supporting farmers that are trying to revive crops such as flax in America. Her neutral offerings are designed to fit into any home, and her passion for agriculture, nature, and all things beauty shines through in this small women-led team she’s cultivated in the past decade. Barr spent much of her career as a costume designer crafting costumes out of synthetic fabrics. They were not recyclable, and definitely not biodegradable. As time wore on, it dawned on her that this was not fitting in with her own personal ethos of living more sustainably. So she set out to be an entrepreneur — and a self-funded one. She juggled two jobs till she could create a strong market for Kitchen Garden Textiles . It started with napkins: simple linen napkins that could also be rented out to restaurants. “Food is fabric. …

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(Photo by Suhaimi Yusuf/The Edge filepix) - A + A Serina Hijjas at the 12th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC 2021) on Tuesday Sept 28, 2021. PETALING JAYA (Sept 28): "We need to shift our thinking beyond green buildings, as we started building them 10 years ago," said Hijjas Architects and Planners creative director Serina Hijjas at the 12th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC 2021). The two-day event, which takes place on Sept 27 and 28, focuses on topics related to low carbon society. Hijjas said we need to move faster to transition to a new norm, where a minimum of 50% reduction of energy and waste is normal. “Why I say this is because the Telekom Tower at 45-storeys was built more than 10 years ago and there already was 50% reduction of energy…we were already talking about the heat island effect, temperature, shading and how much the environment would affect our space. “So we haven’t moved …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin These are dangerous times for Britain’s energy entrepreneurs but according to one newcomer to the sector, there is an opportunity to challenge the premise that gas and electricity supply has to be a low-margin industry. First the bad news. Thanks to a spike in wholesale gas prices, Britain’s retail energy sector is in an advanced state of chaos.  Two energy suppliers—serving a combined 830,000 customers—went out of business this week and the industry is expecting more—perhaps many more—to follow. Why does this matter? Well, it’s been a slow process but ever since the government of Margaret Thatcher set about privatising previously publicly owned utilities back in the 1980s, Britain’s retail energy market has become not only increasingly competitive but also a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. Today—for the time being at least—consumers can choose from around 70 suppliers, ranging from large corporate incumbents to small …

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