Indigenous Peoples Protest Destructive Dams at Industry Conference in Malaysia

Media Release by Bruno Manser Fonds, The Borneo Project and International Rivers

KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, May 22, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– More than three hundred indigenous people of the Penan, the Kenyah, the Kayan, and Iban ethnic groups protested against a series of controversial dams on the island of Borneo this morning at the opening of the International Hydropower Association’s (IHA) biannual conference.… More…

Sarawak Energy awarded US$ 226 million in contracts to Malaysian Chief Minister’s family

Malaysian power supplier’s Norwegian CEO asked to resign over corruption allegations
 
KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, May 20, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, the Norwegian CEO of state-owned Malaysian power supplier, Sarawak Energy, is in the middle of a new controversy about corruption in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak.… More…

EXCLUSIVE: Sarawak Dams to Flood 2,300 km2 of Rainforests, Displace Tens of Thousands of Natives

30,000 to 50,000 indigenous people to pay the price for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s excessive dam plans in Malaysian Borneo
 
KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, May 17, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– A new map released by the Bruno Manser Fund ahead of the International Hydropower Association’s World Congress in Kuching, Sarawak, is showing the massive detrimental effect of the Malaysian state’s dam plans on indigenous peoples and the Borneo rainforest.… More…

Make Car-Washing Environmentally- Friendly This Summer With Washdrops

Washdrops is proven to use less water than regular car-washing.

Cequent_LogoSOLON, Ohio, May 14, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– Summer is right around the corner and so is car-washing season. With Washdrops, an award-winning green car wash solution from automotive aftermarket leader Cequent Consumer Products, consumers can wash their cars without wasting water or harming the environment.… More…

“Call your subject home,” Borneo tribe appeals to the Norwegian King

Penan tribesmen from Sarawak appeal to the Norwegian King to protect them from a Norwegian hydropower executive – Sarawak Energy CEO, Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, pushes forward plans to flood the Borneo rainforest
 
OSLO, Norway / BARAM, Sarawak, Malaysia, May 13, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– 600 Penan tribesmen of Sarawak, Malaysia, are turning to the Norwegian King for help in their struggle to defend their rainforests.… More…

ADA Carbon Solutions Announces New Hire of Vice President of Sales and Key Executive Promotions

Former Global Vice President of Business Development at Nalco Mobotec Brings Over 20 Years of Power Industry Experience to ADA Carbon Solutions’ Expanding Business

ADA-CS_logoLITTLETON, CO, April 22, 2013 –/WORLD-WIRE/– ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC, an industry-leading manufacturer of powdered activated carbon, is pleased to announce one new hire and two executive promotions within the company.… More…