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Iswardy Morni, Activist and Political analyst.
*Environmental Crisis Ignored: GPS Prioritizes Money Over Sustainability*
The Sarawak state assembly conference passed 5 Bills including the Environment Bill (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions) 2023. Sarawak is proud to be the first state in Malaysia to have such a bill. According to Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier's Department (Law, MA63 and federal-state relations) Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali - this is Sarawak's commitment to achieving zero carbon emissions by 2050 and Sarawak's efforts to look after and protect the environment. According to Iswardy- The minister's statement is contrary to the state government's actions recommending more dams be built and more logging and palm oil plantation licenses approved. The Sarawak government is projecting revenue from palm oil in 2024 of RM850 million and land premium revenue of RM400 million. While Sarawak Premier Abang Johari as reported by NST intends to build more dams and reach an energy capacity of 7000 MW by 2026. According to Iswardy again - to protect the environment, Sarawak needs to reduce logging and oil palm plantations (use of fertilizers and poisons) and there is no need to build dams extra. The Sarawak government is too obsessed with making profits, so much so that it forgets about the environment. For example, the majority of residents downstream of the Bakun dam still do not have access to electricity. But the state government plans to sell electricity all the way to Singapore. Poor people are neglected because they cannot afford to pay electricity bills and their consumption is small. But the government is so excited to get revenue through hydropower generation - sold abroad. The amount of Sarawak's real energy needs needs to be identified, it seems that the number of existing dams is sufficient - Iswardy Morni.
