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India
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How India is turning cow dung into cooking fuel
In the Hindu-majority nation, where cows are revered and their dung is widely available, biogas is a natural lifeline.
7 May 2026 - 8:02PM
Fame and celebrity
As David Attenborough turns 100, the star naturalist’s ‘unequalled’ impact
7 May 2026 - 12:45PM
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India
Cash cow: biogas from dung solves India’s cooking fuel shortages
7 May 2026 - 8:02PM
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Asia travel
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Bali is drowning in its own trash
Up to 70 per cent of the trash in the resort island’s landfill is organic waste, which over time, generates methane that can explode or trigger landslides.
5 May 2026 - 5:13PM
Malaysia
Malaysia warns of health risks from heatwave, 2 deaths recorded this year
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has ordered cloud-seeding operations to be carried out in the worst-affected states.
5 May 2026 - 3:07PM
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Japan
Avocados push out citrus fruits as Japan warms up from climate change
Global warming is expected to expand areas suitable for ‘sensitive’ avocados in Japan 2.5-fold or more by the middle of the century.
5 May 2026 - 12:50PM
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Hong Kong environmental issues
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Hong Kong needs to better protect its natural assets from tourists
Without stronger measures that address risks all year round, the city could lose the natural heritage it seeks to showcase.
5 May 2026 - 6:45AM
Hong Kong society
Green group warns of disturbance to uninhabited island known for breeding seabirds
Green Hope Hong Kong says several people landed on island near Po Toi Island and warns birds may abandon nests if disturbed.
4 May 2026 - 10:11PM
Japan
Japan’s FamilyMart gives old clothes new lease of life to reduce textile waste
Some 560,000 tonnes of clothes are estimated to be thrown away in Japan each year – about 70 per cent of new clothing supplied to the market.
4 May 2026 - 12:05PM
Thailand
The cost of cute: how ‘petfluencers’ are driving Asia’s wildlife crime
Thailand is a key pipeline in a lucrative global trade that animal activists warn risks spreading zoonotic diseases and erasing biodiversity.
3 May 2026 - 12:00PM
Hong Kong environmental issues
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It’s not ecotourism if it risks damaging Hong Kong’s natural assets
Authorities need to shift ecotourism management strategies to avoid it becoming part of the problem it was meant to solve.
3 May 2026 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong tourism
How unlicensed mainland Chinese tour groups cash in on Hong Kong campsites
Unlicensed guide admits to regularly crossing border as tourist for illegal work, while another insists 30-member group ‘just friends’.
3 May 2026 - 7:54PM
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Malaysia
Elephants never forget? Malaysians demand Japan return ‘homesick’ trio
One video shows Dara, Amoi and Kelat responding to their names in Malay while another reportedly reveals one of the elephants ‘weeping’.
1 May 2026 - 4:13PM
Thailand
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Rare earth mining is poisoning the Mekong River
Toxins pose health risks including cancer, organ failure and developmental harm.
30 Apr 2026 - 8:51PM
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Tourism
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From Japan to India, overtourism cries out for new success metrics
Arrival numbers are important, but the impact on local communities, public services and environments is too often overlooked.
30 Apr 2026 - 5:30AM
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Climate change
Tropical forest loss still 11 football fields a minute – or Denmark per year
Researchers warn that fires fuelled by climate change are a dangerous new normal and could reverse gains made in tackling deforestation.
29 Apr 2026 - 9:35PM
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Thailand
‘Destroying the world’s kitchen’: the poisoning of the Mekong River
Many millions depend on the river but toxic run-off from mining for modern technology - including for war - could be an existential threat.
1 May 2026 - 9:57AM
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United States
US green power growth to hit another record in 2026, despite Trump: report
Clean energy is still a fast cheap source of new capacity, but the government has tried to halt or slow the building of solar and wind farms.
28 Apr 2026 - 8:59PM
Hong Kong environmental issues
Calls to turn HK$30 billion waste facility into tourism, education hub
I·PARK2 to operate alongside I·PARK1, jointly processing 9,000 tonnes of waste a day for renewable energy.
28 Apr 2026 - 5:54PM
Hong Kong environmental issues
Hong Kong to block off parts of Sharp Island shore to protect corals over break
Authorities expect 1,000 visitors in the area each day during the coming Labour Day ‘golden week’ holiday.
2 May 2026 - 2:23PM
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Fashion
The ‘mob wives’ of New York are making fur fly again
Used real fur coats are flying off shelves as ‘thoughtful’ additions to wardrobes. But animal rights activists voice concerns over the trend.
27 Apr 2026 - 7:15PM
Bangladesh
Child, newlywed among 14 killed by lightning in Bangladesh
Lightning kills hundreds of people every year in Bangladesh, which declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016.
27 Apr 2026 - 3:39PM
Japan
Wildfires in Japan’s north worsen, 1,400 firefighters deployed
Japan has experienced relatively few wildfires compared with other parts of the world, but climate change has increased their frequency.
27 Apr 2026 - 10:34AM
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Hong Kong environmental issues
Some Hong Kong trees are behaving strangely and botanists want to know why
Experts call for citywide study lasting up to decade to determine whether climate change is behind late leaf-shedding and early flowering.
26 Apr 2026 - 11:16AM
Natural disasters
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Northern Japan battles large wildfires
2,500 residents forced to evacuate as wildfires burn for a second day in Japan’s northern Iwate prefecture.
23 Apr 2026 - 8:33PM
Vietnam
Pangolin win: Vietnam sends scale smugglers to prison for 8 years
The Asian pangolin has been hunted for its meat and scales to the point of extinction, causing poachers to turn to its African cousins.
23 Apr 2026 - 5:45PM
US, Israel war on Iran
Powerful reaction: how Iran war could spark Asia’s green hydrogen surge
The war-driven hike in fossil fuel prices is narrowing the cost gap, making the clean energy alternative look like a good option.
23 Apr 2026 - 4:33PM
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Indonesia
Why Japan’s earthquake has Bali on edge over magnitude 9 ‘megathrust’ risk
Bali, Sumba and the Flores Islands are expected to be the worst hit from a megathrust earthquake in the Sumba fault.
22 Apr 2026 - 4:15PM
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