Only 6 bets bare ‘green’ stance
Only six senatorial candidates responded to a survey seeking their positions on the most pressing environmental issues, Greenpeace said on Saturday.
Only six senatorial candidates responded to a survey seeking their positions on the most pressing environmental issues, Greenpeace said on Saturday.
Greenpeace said the uptake of coal-fired technology was not the solution to the “looming power crisis” in Mindanao, as it urged government to reconsider its renewable energy options.
The environmental group Greenpeace has once again asked the government to reconsider its renewable energy options, saying the use of coal-fired technology was not the solution to the “looming power crisis” in Mindanao.
Environmentalist groups rallied on Tuesday before the Commission on Election (Comelec) in Manila calling on candidates to be green-minded.
Environment officials on Friday began assessing the damage to the coral reefs in the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park after they were grazed by a US Navy minesweeper last Thursday, saying the US government may be liable to pay fines of up to P1 million.
While lauding efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in addressing water pollution, an environmental group sought giant strides from the agency particularly the implementation of a mandatory pollution disclosure of chemical waste produced by factories.
The environmentalist organization Greenpeace has asked Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla to abandon his department’s plans to revive the use of nuclear energy in the Philippines.
The environmentalist organization Greenpeace has asked Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla to abandon his department’s plans to revive the use of nuclear energy in the Philippines.
The inaction of local and national authorities in addressing widespread illegal fishing activities off Burias and Ticao Pass in Masbate and Ragay Gulf in Camarines Sur would endanger the country’s marine resources, according to a worldwide environment conservation group.
Greenpeace is demanding a halt to field trials of genetically modified “golden rice” in Nueva Ecija, Ilocos Norte and Camarines Sur, out of fear the crop was carrying environmental and health risks.
Environmental campaigners Greenpeace urged China Tuesday to review plans for a huge expansion in coal mines and power plants, warning of a water crisis in the country’s already arid north.
The energy shortage that Mindanao is experiencing will hit Luzon in two years unless the Aquino administration taps more renewable energy sources, Senator Edgardo Angara warned Sunday.
Renewable energy advocates and environmentalists are urging the government to harness the abundant “green” energy sources in Mindanao to solve the power shortage there.
