Izah Azahari & Adib Noor Continuous heavy rains are flooding farms in the Brunei-Muara District, causing damages to crops and affecting agricultural activities. Several Agricultural Development Areas (KKP) in the district affected include KKP Batumpu, KKP Limpaki and KKP Si Bongkok, Batong. A farmer in KKP Batumpu said floods are common during rainy seasons but […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's population is projected to increase to more than 45 million by 2050 and this will increase the demand and consumption for food, hence creating various challenges, including food insecurity.
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Solar panels are pictured on farmland in this file photo. (Andreas Gucklhorn/Unsplash)
This story originally appeared on NJ Spotlight.
Lawmakers have yet to resolve a case of competing environmental priorities: preserving farmland and forests or sacrificing some of them to bolster the state’s aggressive renewable energy goals.
The dilemma landed back before the Senate Environment and Energy Committee last week over an issue that has pitted clean-energy advocates and solar developers against land preservation proponents with both sides still seemingly far from reaching a consensus.
The panel approved the bill this past August, but Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), the committee chairman, asked to reconsider it when there was no consensus for moving it further.
Credit: Andreas Gucklhorn/Unsplash
File photo
Lawmakers have yet to resolve a case of competing environmental priorities: preserving farmland and forests or sacrificing some of them to bolster the state’s aggressive renewable energy goals.
The dilemma landed back before the Senate Environment and Energy Committee last week over an issue that has pitted clean-energy advocates and solar developers against land preservation proponents with both sides still seemingly far from reaching a consensus.
The panel approved the bill this past August, but Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex), the committee chairman, asked to reconsider it when there was no consensus for moving it further.