At least 91 dead as massive tornado strikes Oklahoma city
A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said.
A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said.
Although there are still “some people who argue that climate change is not real,” Trevor Lewis, deputy chief of mission of the British Embassy, said “many scientists are devoting their lives [to] studying climate change… People are actually taking serious steps to deal with this. Lots of scientific brains are looking at this.”
Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Philippines is getting a budget of P13 billion in 2014, up from P1 billion in 2011, an official of the Climate Change Commission said on Saturday.
Local populations of dugong and Irrawaddy dolphin are on the verge of extinction, according to a new book released this month detailing the conservation status of marine mammals found in the Philippines.
One minute brightly lit, the next plunged into darkness — iconic landmarks around the world will cut their lights Saturday for the “Earth Hour” campaign against climate change.
It’s a race to the bottom—and the most energy-efficient lifestyle. To help mitigate the effects of climate change, the Pasay City government is challenging residents to significantly reduce power consumption in the next nine months.
Three young women environmentalists shared tips with student leaders from the Visayas on how to adapt to climate change.
LBC Foundation will donate 500 trash cans for public use if 500 people will return used pouches to LBC branches. Big Chill said it will upsize your drink for free if you bring your own reusable tumbler. Starbucks, meanwhile, will give a P20 discount if a customer will bring his or her own tumbler during Earth Hour.
A campaign by global environmental movement Earth Hour to get promises of action from individuals and organizations has spread to at least 50 countries, its chief executive said Wednesday.
Reelectionist Sen. Loren Legarda says climate change and disaster risk reduction are gut issues like hunger and poverty alleviation.
A septuagenarian woman in Olongapo city stood quietly on stage late Thursday night looking for a familiar face among the VIPs there, a local candidate she said she had known for years.
Last year’s record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice and a spell of catastrophic droughts, floods and storms highlight the risk to the planet from climate change, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said on Monday.
