Haze pollution costs Malaysia $1.9B, potentially claims 1,700 lives: report

Commissioned by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and conducted by Piyu Ke, chief scientist at Carbon Spur Sdn Bhd, a sustainability and carbon monitoring analytics firm, the report, titled “The 2026 Fire Season and Transboundary Haze in Malaysia,” analyzed the crisis from July 1 to Oct. 22. It combined satellite observations, air-quality monitoring, atmospheric … Read more