18 March 2024 [updated 1.4.24]: As part of Macaranga’s newsroom mentorship programme on just energy transition, 2 newsrooms have produced great stories interrogating the impacts of the transition to renewables.
The Bernama Garasi team (Sakina Mohamed, Shaza Al Muzayen, Fahmi Abdul Aziz and Ummul Shyuhaida Othman) produced a 3-parter on solar energy waste:
FMT visited an Orang Asli community who were displaced by a dam 13 years ago. They are still awaiting proper compensation. Lynelle Tham and team report in text and video: 13 years on, Kg Pinang’s Orang Asli look to TNB for help
Read also Ashley Yeong’s earlier coverage of mini hydro impacts on Orang Asli culture in Perak for Macaranga.
These wrap up the 3-month long Macaranga multi-newsroom project. The project began with a training workshop and is supported by Klima Action Malaysia.
