TAIPEI – The Department of Energy (DOE) will guarantee that marine protected areas (MPAs) shall be clearly demarcated as ‘no-go zones’ or off limits as development sites or even as navigational channels for the planned offshore wind projects in the country. According to Energy Undersecretary...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined the opposition of residents in the construction of a causeway project in Cancabato Bay, Tacloban City where water quality and biodiversity are reportedly threatened. In a statement, the CHR said the ongoing construction of the 2.56-kilometer road...
With no evidence presented by the prosecution, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against former Bacoor City mayor Jessie B. Castillo and two other persons. The charge arose from the operation of a dumpsite in Villa Esperanza village in Molino in 1998 allegedly without Environment...
Senator Loren Legarda has called on the private sector to play their crucial role in environmental protection, citing their significant impact on the ecosystem. Photo by Office of Sen. Loren Legarda Legarda raised the call during the culminating program of the 2024 Philippine...
In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world’s farm fields emit a far more potent gas, nitrous oxide, and scientists have long sought a way to address it. Now some researchers think they’ve found a bacteria...
Teresa Vicente poses for a photo on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in San Francisco. Vicente, a professor who helped save Europe's largest saltwater lagoon, is one of the winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the "Green Nobel" and announced on Monday, April 29. (AP Photo/Godofredo A....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged authorities to pursue and promote sustainable tourism development and strict compliance to environmental laws to protect the country’s natural heritage sites. Go made the call amid the growing concerns over the construction of a resort within the...
Consumers across Metro Manila can now drop off their empty PET bottles for recycling at over 2,200 sari-sari stores and carinderias. This initiative, the Tindahan Extra Mile (TEM): Balik PET Bottle Program of Coca-Cola Philippines and Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies, Inc. (BEST), not...
Developers of gigawatt-scale floating solar farm projects are in a bind on their project finance-raising activities because of the programmatic environmental compliance certificate (ECC) that may turn out not acceptable as requirement to lenders, especially to foreign banks. In an interview,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau-8 has dismissed the complaint filed by former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Myra Georgina Arevalo to cancel the Environmental Compliance Certificate of DBSN Farms Agriventures Corp. owned by incumbent Mayor Ramon Oñate. In a 50-page decision...
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, October 29 said it is imperative to heed the opinions and views of maritime and international law experts on the proposal to change the West Philippine Sea (WPS) title to “Sea of Asia.” “We will rely on the experts to address the proposal on the...
Brgy. Salangan in San Miguel, Bulacan is submerged in flood on Sept. 26, 2022 after the onslaught of Supertyphoon Noru (Karding). (Mark Balmores / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Almost half of Filipinos attribute calamities to the destructive actions of people who frequently abuse the environment, a...
