No to coal power in Sabah, explore renewable energy first, says WWF


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 20 Sep 2018

File photo of Energy, Green Technology, Science and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin (centre) checking out renewable energy generation on July 31 at the NGO Create Borneo near Kota Kinabalu. Next to her are Create officials Adrian and Jenifer Lasimbang.

KOTA KINABALU: Please don't restart the coal power plant project in Sabah, explore renewable energy sources first to solve the state’s power supply woes, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia urges the Malaysian government.

WWF-Malaysia said in a statement that this proposal to use coal as an energy source had been strongly opposed and turned down during the previous government.

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