President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed government leaders from countries across the Americas to an economic summit by pledging to increase U.S. investment in the region in part to counter China’s infl…
New AWS Region to Launch In Malaysia by 2024 With RM25.5 Billion Investment
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its presence in Malaysia by going live with the new AWS Region in Kuala Lumpur in 2024. AWS will invest RM 25.5 billion to build the new AWS Region in Malays…
Inside India’s new oil palm playbook
Nearly two decades back, M. V. Ramoji Rao, a farmer and dentist from Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, replaced a part of his sugarcane field with oil palm. Then, over the years, he converted his en…
Indonesia says 200,000 hectares of palm plantations to be made forests
Some 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests in Indonesia are expected to be returned to the state to be converted back into forests, a government…
Southeast Asia’s rubber producers brace for new EU rules
The European Union (EU)’s rules aimed at stopping deforestation threaten widespread disruption for Southeast Asia’s rubber sector, from Cambodia’s 30,000 small farmers to major expor…
‘Inflection point’: Google banks on clean energy, AI amid urgent need for global climate action
Big tech firms have emerged as the largest corporate buyers of renewable energy in the United States, driving up demand for clean energy in the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitting nation. I…
Singapore’s City Energy eyes hydrogen imports from Malaysia by 2027
Singapore’s City Energy said on Tuesday it will conduct a feasibility study with Gentari, Petronas’ renewables unit, on a proposed pipeline to export hydrogen from Malaysia to the city sta…
Vietnam automaker sends EVs to Laos for electric taxi service
Vietnamese automaker VinFast on Friday sent 150 cars to neighboring Laos for the launch of an electric taxi service, months after starting a similar scheme at home. The communist state’s first h…
Indonesia makes history, becomes first country to use palm oil-blended jet fuel for commercial flight
As a big player in palm oil production, Indonesia has set a global record with its first commercial flight using palm oil-blended jet fuel. This breakthrough has widened the usage of biofuels just as …
Why the green, circular economy is key to beating the triple planetary crisis
We’re experiencing a triple planetary crisis: climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution. It is critical to quickly transitionto a green, circular economy, which minimizes the environm…