Environment

Nickel rush for stainless steel, EVs guts Indonesia tribe’s forest home

By Agence France-Presse Bokum, one of Indonesia's last isolated hunter-gatherers, has a simple message for the nickel miners threatening his lush jungle home: "This is our land." He belongs to the Hongana Manyawa...

Mt. Kanlaon erupts anew; Alert Level 3 raised

By Nanette Guadalquiver | Philippine News Agency The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) hoisted Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest) over Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island after its explosive eruption at...

Philippine Eagle chick hatched at new breeding sanctuary in Davao

By Che Palicte | Philippine News Agency A Philippine eagle chick hatched on Nov. 11 at the newly opened National Bird Breeding Sanctuary (NBBS) in Eden, Toril district, Davao City, marking the...

DENR partners with private sector on endangered species conservation

By Marita Moaje | Philippine News Agency The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday forged a partnership with the private sector and leading non-government organizations (NGOs) on the conservation...

Arctic saw warmest summer on record in 2023 – US agency

The Arctic saw its warmest ever summer in 2023, the result of accelerating human-caused climate change that is pushing ecosystems and the people that depend on them into uncharted territory, according to an official report Tuesday.

PBBM orders creation of El Niño task force to mitigate its effect

President Ferdinand R. Marcos on Tuesday, Dec. 12, ordered the creation of a coordinating body to consolidate all measures to mitigate the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to persist until the end of the second quarter of next year.

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