Environment

Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) has set a target to reduce domestic water consumption across the state to 250 litres per capita per...

Penang will introduce community service orders for litterbugs starting 1 July 2026, requiring offenders to sweep streets, collect rubbish and clean public areas instead...

Penang has signalled it will proceed with caution on any non-radioactive rare earth elements (NR-REE) exploration or mining activities, with the state government vowing...

About 100 volunteers armed with gloves, litter pickers and garbage bags spread out across Pulau Gazumbo and collected more than 800kg of waste from...

Penang narrowly avoided a potential water supply disruption after the Sungai Muda river level dropped to a dangerous 1.27m at the Lahar Tiang intake...

Firefighters required more than 10 hours to fully extinguish a rubbish dump blaze at a recycling plant in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. The fire engulfed paper...

Hawkers and wet market traders in Penang will not be affected by the upcoming single-use plastic bag ban starting 1 September, as state authorities...

The Penang state government has reaffirmed its commitment to wildlife conservation by supporting eco-friendly infrastructure such as canopy bridges to reduce the impact of...

Langur Project Penang (LPP) has unveiled its third wildlife canopy bridge in Batu Ferringhi, a 15-metre structure named 'The Obscura' designed to reduce roadkill...

Penang is expanding its photovoltaic generation capacity through utility-scale solar farms, industrial rooftop deployments, and technical assessments for floating arrays in reservoirs and coastal...