ILOILO CITY — The 5th Philippine Environment Summit is pushing climate neutrality. THE 5th Philippine Environment Summit in Iloilo City ends on Friday, Feb. 21. (MICE Center Iloilo) “Instead of feeling desperate or helpless, we are gathering stories on how different sectors of...
Maginhawa St. Eco Store sells a curated selection of sustainable items. To curb the escalating waste crisis, all of us must start consuming way less than we do now. It's better to “prevent than cure” the problem—there’s no “cure” for the climate impacts supercharged by today’s...
The world’s nations keep faltering in their efforts to join together to save the planet from several environmental crises. In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change, plastic pollution, loss of global species and a growing number of deserts have either...
Present during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the launch of the Air Quality Monitoring Station donated by SMPHI for EMB-NCR’s Adopt-a-CAMS Program were (from left): Engr. Phil Kreisky V. Tobias, Maria Cecille Pangilinan, and Arvin B. Araojo Jr. from SMPHI; Gemma G. Cariño, chief of the Finance...
SM Group and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials, along with mall tenants and students, join forces for a waste-free future and promote responsible waste management. SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), the largest mall developer and operator in the Philippines, is...
Senator Cynthia Villar has expressed concern over reclamation projects being pursued despite the lack of comprehensive study on their environmental impact. Villar, who chairs the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, said a renewed push for the reclamation of an...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is preparing a draft Executive Order (EO) to submit to Malacañang that aims to address outdated provisions in existing laws that hinder the development of mining operations in the country. On the...
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Natural Resources (DENR) have partnered to speed up the exploration, utilization, and development of offshore wind projects. In a statement, the DOE said the two agencies entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that allows access...
More than 23,000 volunteers from various organizations and communities across the country recently attended this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC), an annual event organized by SM in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Local Government...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives on Thursday, Sept. 19, deferred the plenary deliberation on the proposed P27.1-billion budget of the Department of Environment and Natural...
A whopping investment of $3 billion (approximately P165 billion) will be injected by Danish firm Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) for the first 1,000 megawatts San Miguel Bay offshore wind project in Camarines Sur that it is targeting to bring on commercial stream by 2028. On prevailing rule of...
Hopes are raised for prospective discovery of new oil and gas resources in the country as well as for trailblazing native hydrogen ventures, with the eight qualified offers cornered by the Department of Energy (DOE) during an auction round concluded this week. In a statement to the media, the...
