Environment

CEBU, Philippines – Lack of enforcement allows barangay officials to get away with the penalties for violating the Solid Waste Management Act, according to Environmental Management Bureau Solid Waste Management Division-7.

During Earth Day last month, I noticed that aside from pesticide usage and a few other issues, most of us haven’t really worried much about the connections between our health and the environment. For our health, we work on our waistlines and fret over our cholesterol levels. For the environment, we recycle and maybe reduce…

MANILA, Philippines – The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is urging for   the country’s voluntary compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – CropLife Philippines has called on the public to know the science behind pesticides and fungicides, belying claims that they are toxic chemicals that have killed people in banana plantations in Mindanao and in other farms.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Some 300 lawyers will simultaneously file a string of cases against government agencies in courts nationwide on June 5, World Environment Day, for their alleged failure to strictly implement 300 environment laws.

MANILA, Philippines – It shouldn’t be raining in summer, and the intermittent rains could be an indication of climate change, the chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) warned yesterday.

Writers, poets, musicians and even the man destiny declared to be national hero fell for the muse named Pasig. A century later, men still stumbled upon each other for her charms—but this time, to reclaim the beauty she has lost.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) should go after factories polluting Manila Bay instead of small fishermen and the urban poor, a militant fisherfolk group said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The problem of effective enforcement of environmental laws does not only concern the police and prosecutors, but the judiciary.

CHIEF Justice Reynato Puno will preside over a forum on environmental justice in Baguio City today aimed at speeding up the resolution of at least 3,000 cases in 117 “green courts” nationwide and the validation of the rules of procedure for environmental cases.

A six-hour drive north of Alice Springs, this is the proposed site of a radioactive waste dump – a project that has not only sparked the most rancorous of environmental debates, but divided the local Aboriginal community, the traditional owners of the land.

MANILA, Philippines – Preliminary reports showed the Philippines saved some 611 megawatt-hours of electricity during the observance of Earth Hour, as it outshone the rest of the world when the planet went dark for an hour last March 28.

MANILA, Philippines – Apparently irked by the heavy pollution he saw in the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system in Bulacan, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza has ordered a thorough investigation into the continued dumping of wastes into the water channel, which was once branded as among the worst polluted places in the world.

MANILA, Philippines – An environmental group advocating alternative energy solutions yesterday re-launched its electric-powered jeepney that it claims could help solve the pollution problem of Metro Manila.

CEBU, Philippines – To help ease the impact of climate change, Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival wants to include the school curriculums a subject on environment.

Nay, this is not about the 1998 action thriller Mercury Rising where Bruce Willis plays an undercover agent out to protect a nine-year-old autistic boy targeted by assassins after cracking a top secret government code. And this is not about Mercury retrograde, which is said to bog us down as it creates computer screw-ups and…

TUCP monitors MMDA in its traffic, garbage, and anti smoke-belching operations in line with its commitment in the National Socio-Economic Summit.

More than 60 civic organizations have signed the Citizens’ Statement for Consumer Protection against Toxic Chemicals in a bid to change the way toxic chemicals are produced and used.

Excessive burning of mercury-added products doubles mercury emissions to the atmosphere every year, international non-government organizations (NGOs) warned on Thursday.

SANTA ANA, Cagayan, Philippines—Officials and residents of this coastal town on Friday protested the alleged environmental destruction caused by the operations of casinos at the Cagayan Special Economic Freeport Zone here.

A multi-million-dollar program to improve air quality in Metro Manila has been stalled after implementing agencies canceled most of its project components.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) “made concrete strides toward its goal of sustainable development of the environment and natural resources” in 2008 and sees 2009 as a promising year for the country.

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza yesterday recalled the agreement his department forged with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in 2006 on the issuance of environmental permits and clearances.

THE Environment Department yesterday took over control of Subic following protests over its officials’ plan to cut down 300 mature trees and their alleged violation of environment laws.

Eight industrial companies have been identified as among the “major polluters” of the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando river system, which has been named as one of the world’s 10 dirtiest rivers.

The Philippines must actively participate in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help prevent extreme climactic changes that cause natural disasters, Sen. Loren Legarda said recently.

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has designated 117 trial courts as “environmental courts” to hear cases involving violations of laws protecting the country’s natural resources and to speed up their resolution.

MANILA, Philippines — Will signing the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) give Japan carte blanche to export its toxic and other hazardous wastes to the Philippines? No. The fact that with JPEPA the Philippines imposes zero tariffs on wastes from Japan (and vice versa) is immaterial, because Philippine laws and regulations — in particular Republic…