Environment

Waste import ban can spur new income streams

By Catherine Teves/Philippine News Agency MANILA – Livelihood and investment opportunities are possible nationwide from the planned environment department’s ban on Philippine importation of recyclable waste. Such ban will create demand for local...

DENR: Waste disposal in rivers threatens marine ecosystem

By Leah Agonoy/Philippine News Agency PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur -- Saving the environment depends on the contribution of the people in their respective localities. This was the message of Tito Gadon, Department...

WHO: Fighting Air Pollution Key to Living Longer

Lisa Schlein | VOA NEWS GENEVA — Activists marking World Environment day are calling for action to tackle air pollution, which researchers say kills millions of people every year and impoverishes societies struggling...

In Haiti, World Environment Day Means Planting Trees

Sandra Lemaire | VOA NEWS BERET, HAITI — Ahead of World Environment Day, a group of Haitian young professionals put into practice a famous line uttered by former U.S. president John F. Kennedy...

BFAR, DENR intensify fish kill monitoring in Taal Lake

By Zen Trinidad/Philippine News Agency CALAMBA CITY, Laguna -- Concerned government agencies in Calabarzon are intensifying efforts to get to the bottom of the latest fish kill phenomenon which hit the Taal Lake...

PRRD directs agencies to mitigate impact of Taal fish kill

By Azer Parrocha/Philippine News Agency MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has directed concerned government agencies to mitigate the impact of fish kill in Taal Lake, where over 605 metric tons of...

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