SINGAPORE – Multinational energy giant Shell is targeting to expand its nature-based solutions (NBS) proposition both to corporate-clients and individual customers that have been batting for carbon offset in their fuel usage. In an interview here, Shell Pilipinas Corporation Vice President for...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to re-calibrate the country’s power mix by opting to retire coal-fired power facilities at the scale of 5,000 megawatts in the medium term. According to Michael Sinocruz, director of the DOE’s Energy Policy and Planning Bureau, that has been one of the...
Energy companies are calling on relevant government agencies to prevent "double counting" once carbon trading for renewable energy (RE) and other clean energy technologies are implemented in the country. “We just need to be careful about double counting because we shouldn’t double count,”...
As the Philippines maintains its climate change commitments by reducing its carbon footprint, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. urged the public to adopt the concept of circular economy. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel B. Pabalate) Marcos told the citizenry that "we can never...
By Henrylito D. Tacio Carbon dioxide is one of the Earth’s most important greenhouse gases: a gas that absorbs and radiates heat. “Without carbon dioxide, Earth’s natural greenhouse effect would be too weak to keep the average global surface temperature above freezing,” wrote Rebecca Lindsey...
PARIS, France -- Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a back seat at UN climate talks that ended late Thursday night, as emerging economies, including China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up climate financing. The stand-off over 10 days of technical negotiations in Bonn stymied...
US firm pushes RE-gas investment By MYRNA M. VELASCO Kansas-headquartered global engineering firm Black & Veatch is recommending renewable energy (RE) and gas-fired power combo investments to ensure the success of "energy transition journey" and as a pathway to net zero emissions being advanced by...
A proposal to impose carbon tax on the use of electricity to raise extra funds for initiatives against climate change is up at the House of Representatives. The measure was filed by Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte, together with fellow congressmen from the province — his son Rep....
A group of Camarines Sur solons are batting for the imposition of a "carbon tax" on the use of electricity (CTE) as a way to raise extra funds for climate action initiatives. (Kelly Sikkema/ Unsplash) One of them, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, said such landmark tax can help the...
Contecon Manzanillo S.A. de C.V. (Contecon Manzanillo), a business unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), became the first port operator to be certified as carbon neutral in Mexico. Contecon Manzanillo is a concessionaire of the Specialized Container Terminal of the North...
EDITORS DESK To answer it simply, yes (but with reservations). Yes, as it is now the time for sustainability — the tourism industry is compelled to be sustainable as it is, sadly, one of the most resource-intensive industries with all the events, shuttling back-and-forth, and infrastructure...
It is time to put more serious thought on why you, your neighbor and your friends should shift to electric or hybrid vehicles. Or why commuters should expect more government action to encourage motorists to drive green vehicles. First, a review on why: “Burning fossil fuels like gasoline and...
