SAPP is against dirty coal ...more

Coal's Assault on Human Health
Coal pollutants affect all major body organ systems and contribute to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the U.S.: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. This conclusion emerges from our reassessment of the widely recognized health threats from coal. Each step of the coal lifecycle-mining, transportation, washing, combustion, and disposing of post combustion wastes-impacts human health. Coal combustion in particular contributes to diseases affecting large portions of the U.S. population, including asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke, compounding the major public health challenges of our time. It interferes with lung development, increases the risk of heart attacks, and compromises intellectual capacity.

Oxidative stress and inflammation are indicated as possible mechanisms in the exacerbation and development of many of the diseases under review. In addition, the report addresses another, less widely recognized health threat from coal: the contribution of coal combustion to global warming, and the current and predicted health effects of global warming...more

• Nov 29, 2010 - Malaysia: A Coal Plant in paradise

• Nov 27, 2010 - Coal plant a revenue killer, say NGOs

• Oct 05, 2010 - SAPP akan batalkan loji janakuasa arangbatu

• Aug 26, 2010 - Are nepotism and corruption behind the Sabah coal plant?

• Aug 21, 2010 - Build more gas power plants as soon as possible

• Aug 19, 2010 - Coal plant DEIA rejected

• Aug 18, 2010 - SAPP vows to scrap controversial dams and coal plant proposals

• Jul 29, 2010 - EIA report on controversial coal plant flawed

• Jul 27, 2010 - Sabah coal-fired plant 'far from eco-friendly'

• Jul 23, 2010 - British environmentalist leads fight against Sabah coal plant

• Jul 17, 2010 - Hundreds gather at site for proposed coal-plant

• Jul 17, 2010 - MP calls govt's bluff over coal power

• Jul 16, 2010 - Chua urges protection of biodiversity in Sabah

• Jul 06, 2010 - Green Surf wants coal plant scrapped

• Jun 15, 2010 - Parliament to debate Sabah's coal power

• May 18, 2010 - Sabah says No to coal!

• Apr 21, 2010 - Sabah, a dumping ground for dirty coal

• Dec 15, 2009 - Chua: Q&A on power plants at parliament

• Dec 15, 2009 - Commitment an irony, claims SAPP

• Dec 01, 2009 - Chua: Terms of reference on EIA

• Nov 29, 2009 - Groups express concern over report on coal-fired plant

• Nov, 27, 2009 - How important is Bakun power to Peninsular Malaysia?

• Nov 25, 2009 - BN flip flops again!

• Nov 18, 2009 - Melanie engages in verbal spat over coal plant

• Nov 17, 2009 - Sabah's Objection to the building of Coal Power Plant

• Nov 16, 2009 - Sabah assembly: Coal-fired plant against green policy

• Nov 15, 2009 - SAPP: Coal plant idea not supported by public

• Nov 13, 2009 - China eyes closing coal-fired power plants in capital

• Nov 13, 2009 - Dirty Coal Power

• Nov 9, 2009 - SAPP: Coal power plant at Tungku tainted with power abuse

• Nov 9, 2009 - China eyes closing coal-fired power plants in capital

• Oct 27, 2009 - Power from West-East Coast Grid only by end 2013

• Oct 21, 2009 - Ulterior motive on the coal fired power plant

• Oct 19, 2009 - Power entity should be under state gov't

• Sep 13, 2009 - Chua: Extend National Energy Commission to Sabah

• Aug 19, 2009 - People's cries falling on deaf ears

• Aug 16, 2009 - Stop holding the people to ransom over power supply problem

• Aug 12, 2009 - Enough! Stop Power Disruptions in Tawau

• Jul 30, 2009 - National Green Technology Policy the way forward for renewable energy

• Jun 24, 2009 - Birth defects in China's Shanxi show human price of coal

• Jun 23, 2009 - SAPP to Raymond: Don't insult Sandakan folks

• Jun 17, 2009 - WWF opposes coal plant wherever sited in Sabah

• May 30, 2009 - SAPP Yes to gas-powered but No to coal-fired plant

• May 26, 2009 - Sabah discriminated by BN government

• May 18, 2009 - Sapp says no to coal-fired plant again

• Apr 30, 2009 - Supply Sarawak power to Sabah and not Indonesia or Brunei

• Feb 19, 2009 - SAPP welcomes assurance, calls for gas-powered plant for Sandakan

• Feb 18, 2009 - SAPP to continue its campaign against coal plant

• Feb 17, 2009 - Tennessee Coal spill and destruction

• Feb 16, 2009 - SAPP's objection of coal-fired plants in Sabah

• Feb 15, 2009 - Yong shows up at anti-coal protest

• Dec 24, 2008 - Alternative Power Plants

• Dec 24, 2008 - Economic reasons over Health and Environmental concerns

• Nov 13, 2008 - Scrap coal-fired plant in Sekong

• Oct 07, 2008 - Don't force the coal plant on Sandakan

• Nov 06, 2000 - Tenaga eyeing renewable energy - Blowing Hot Air or Talking Bull?

Stop the Coal-fired Power Plant in Sandakan....

• Destruction of famous tourist attraction sites

• Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre

• Kinabatangan Ramsar Site, Sukau Resorts

• Island Resorts off Sandakan, Selingan Turtle Island...