Senate to hold probe on plastic wastes
The Senate will conduct on Monday afternoon a hearing on the environmental damage that plastic materials bring into the sea. Senator ...
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House probes DENR’s closure order for mining firms
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are investigating the mining audit conducted by the Deparment of Environment and Natural Resources ...
Read morePanelo: Revisions on EO for nationwide smoking ban still ongoing
Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo reports, the executive order that enforces nationwide smoking ban may not be signed on Tuesday ...
Read moreEx-yoga missionary unleashes rage on PH miners
After two decades as a yoga missionary, Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on the mining ...
Read moreLopez to mining firms: Growth must come with social justice
“Economic growth is not genuine if it does not bring social justice.” This is the point expressed by Deparment of ...
Read moreAfter Asia, palm oil faces backlash in Africa
Its lower cost has made it popular in commercial food production, but after being blamed for deforestation in Asia, palm ...
Read moreDiCaprio, Trump discuss green job creation
Leonardo DiCaprio met President-elect Donald Trump to discuss climate change and how renewable, clean energy could boost the economy by ...
Read moreCompanies using Indonesian palm oil tainted by abuse: Amnesty
Multinational companies are selling consumer products containing palm oil from Indonesian plantations where workers suffer rights abuses, Amnesty International warned ...
Read moreGreenpeace urges microbead ban to protect ocean life
Environmental group Greenpeace is calling for a ban in Britain on plastic "microbeads," found in many cosmetics, which they warn ...
Read moreKerry to be first US top diplomat to visit Antarctica
John Kerry, an ardent champion of the fight against climate change, will become the first top US diplomat to visit ...
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