Articles by Danielle Keeton-Olsen

Danielle Keeton-Olsen is a freelance journalist who covers environment and business from Phnom Penh.

Pollution, water cuts strengthen calls for environmental law reform in Malaysia

by Danielle Keeton-Olsen 23 December 2020

In September 2020, more than a million households in Malaysia's densely populated Klang Valley suffered extended water cuts after illegal chemical dumping debilitated the region's aging water purification systems. In…

A sawmill near the Think Biotech concession.

Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’

by Danielle Keeton-Olsen 13 May 2020

PHNOM PENH – A surge in deforestation alerts from Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary has raised fresh concerns over the role of a controversial timber firm in illegal logging. The…

In traffic-blighted Penang, transport upgrade plans raise hopes and fears

by Danielle Keeton-Olsen 3 May 2019

Traffic is a decades-old problem in Penang, a common complaint shared across class, race and political lines in this Malaysian state. When it’s brought up, Siti Fadhilah, a 31-year-old selling…