Mar 15, 2010
Maya lends her support for use of green energy
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Star support: Maya backing WWF Malaysia’s efforts at its headquarters in Petaling Jaya yesterday.
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KOTA KINABALU: Popular actress Maya Karin has lent her support for Green SURF’s “Say No to Coal Plants in Sabah”. The campaign urges the Government to use green energy instead of setting up a coal fired plant.
Maya signed a petition at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia head office in Petaling Jaya, Green SURF (Sabah Unite to Re-Power the Future) said in a statement yesterday.
“Climate change is considered to be one of the biggest threats facing nature and humanity today,” said Maya.
“We must explore using alternative, green energy sources to help mitigate climate change and preserve the planet for the future generation,” said the actress, who also supported the Earth Hour campaign.
“Malaysia is blessed with a rich natural heritage and we should channel our efforts into conserving our natural treasures,” she said.
WWF-Malaysia’s Borneo Pro-gramme chief technical officer Dr Rahimatsah Amat said Maya’s support was crucial to promoting green energy.
“It says a lot about the level of concern when you have celebrities coming out to sign this petition,” she said.
The petition was launched by a coalition of local non-governmental organisations in Sabah last year.
Green SURF is a coalition of five prominent NGOs – Land Em-powerment Animals and People, Partners of Community Organi-sations, Sabah Environmental Protection Association, the Malay-sian Nature Society’s Sabah branch and WWF-Malaysia.
“Malaysia is at a crossroad and decisions we make now will forever have an impact on Sabah and the nation’s natural treasures in this state, said Dr Rahimatsah.
“Let us make the right choices for climate change and become a world class model of green energy,” she said.
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