Environment

SpaceX’s investors are giving up control to buy into Musk’s vision

2026-07-02T23:00:00.000Z
Through its NEWater programme, Singapore has transformed treated wastewater into high-grade reclaimed water suitable for potable and industrial uses.

Circular water economies will power South-east Asia’s growth story

2026-06-17T23:00:00.000Z
Reclamation works are expected to be conducted at the Keppel and Tanjong Pagar terminals, after they relocate to Tuas around 2027.

Land half the size of Marina Bay expected to be reclaimed as part of Greater Southern Waterfront

2026-04-12T03:35:32.000Z
Residents protesting against the lack of water in many parts of Johannesburg, South Africa. Affluence is not an absolute defence against water shortages.
THINKING ALOUD

Amid digital push, real-world problems such as water bankruptcy risk being overlooked

2026-02-24T09:00:00.000Z
Nongovernmental organisations and scientists have long argued that defending nature and biodiversity is a way for companies to protect themselves from risks like extreme heat and flooding.

More than 150 countries agree that focus on GDP harms nature

2026-02-09T14:42:41.000Z
The new laws were passed by the ruling Labor Party after weeks of tense backdoor negotiations with the Greens, who said they had secured “significant wins to protect forests”.

Australia overhauls decades-old environmental laws

2025-11-27T23:29:52.000Z
The projects in the deal will generate enough solar power to reduce 169,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.

New Aster unit inks Sembcorp Solar deal for power worth 17,000 cars’ emissions

2025-10-27T02:47:19.000Z
Sembcorp plans to explore opportunities to deploy battery stacking across other sections of the energy storage system.

Sembcorp partners EMA to test energy-storage system for grid stability

2025-10-27T01:30:00.000Z
Nestle's exit from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance comes less than two years after the alliance's founding.

Nestle bows out of initiative to reduce dairy’s climate impact

2025-10-08T09:27:47.000Z
A 2006 study shows that a cotton bag must be reused 327 times to have “lower global warming potential” than a plastic bag that gets reused as a bin liner.
THINKING ALOUD

We need to stop making reusable ‘eco-friendly’ bags

2025-09-08T09:55:24.000Z