Environmental News and Articles
Greenpeace hails Philippine court ban on genetically modified eggplant
May 31, 2013 ·
May 25, 2013 Environmental group Greenpeace today welcomed a Philippine Court of Appeals order to stop field trials of Bt eggplant. The Bt eggplant, also known as aubergine, is genetically modified to contain a ‘built-in’ quantity ofbacillus thuringiensis, a pesticide.Environmental groups opposed it because its effects on human consumers are not proven to be safe [...]
Read More...EU fishing reform deal could replenish stocks
May 31, 2013 ·
Agreement may see EU fish stocks rise by up to 15 million tonnes by the end of decade. The European Union has agreed to put an end to decades of over-fishing and rebuild dwindling stocks by 2020, as part of a deal to overhaul the union’s fisheries policy. The agreement will put an end to [...]
Read More...SMBA won’t stop coal plant project – Our fight must go on!
May 30, 2013 ·
As the Philippines Inquirer reports today: SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Despite a Court of Appeals (CA) affirmation of its decision to invalidate the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) and contract to build a 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant here, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said it will not stop the project proponents from pursuing development work at the [...]
Read More...CA strikes down ECC, deal on Subic power plant
May 29, 2013 ·
A Court of Appeals division has invalidated the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued by the government to a firm planning to build a P56-billion, 600-megawatt power plant in Subic, Zambales. Apart from nullifying the December 2008 ECC issued to Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc (RP Energy), the CA 15th Division also struck down two subsequent amendements [...]
Read More...Tribes oppose dams for MM folk’s water
May 5, 2013 ·
MANILA, Philippines—Indigenous folk from the provinces of Quezon, Rizal and Bulacan are up in arms over the proposed construction of dams in the Sierra Madre mountain range that it is feared would submerge large swaths of forested and agricultural lands. At a recent summit held in Infanta, Quezon, more than 100 leaders of the Aeta, [...]
Read More...April 24, 2013 ·
Preda staff, children, youth and volunteers together with several environmental groups calling for for stronger laws for the protection of the environment and advocating against mining in Zambales as part of Earth Day Celebration, April 2013 (photos by Luca Buecken, Preda volunteer)
Read More...April 24, 2013 ·
Preda-Akbay youth utilizing theater to advocate for environmental protection on Earth Day at Harbor Point Subic, Apr 23,13
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December 31, 2012 ·
Children learn the importance of protecting and helping baby turtles survive.
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December 31, 2012 ·
Baby turtles made a dash for the sea at All Hands Beach, Subic bay.
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December 31, 2012 ·
Fr. Shay assists hundreds of newly hatched baby turtles get to the sea at All Hands Beach, Subic Bay, 27 December 12
Read More...Mining, logging contributed to Philippine disaster experts
December 10, 2012 · , Mynardo Macaraig | Agence France-Presse
MANILA, Philippines – Unchecked illegal gold mining and decades of indiscriminate logging contributed to the high death toll in the Philippines’ worst natural disaster this year, officials and experts say. Whole towns were washed away or buried by landslides when Typhoon Pablo (international codename: Bopha) smashed into a mountainous region on the southern island of [...]
Read More...Ships’ waste untreated–US Navy
November 19, 2012 · , Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A United States Navy vessel, which has been at the center of a waste dumping issue in Philippine waters, has no waste treatment facility, contradicting claims by a contractor that what it receives from the vessel are pretreated wastes, the ship captain said on Friday. Capt. Glenn Pendrick, commanding officer of the submarine [...]
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