Environment

DENR urges massive waste reduction in Calabarzon

By Saul Pa-a/PNA CALAMBA CITY, Laguna -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)- Environment Management Bureau (EMB) in Calabarzon has urged on Monday the massive reduction of wastes by households...

DENR open to use technology for Manila Bay clean-up

By Catherine Teves/PNA MANILA -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is open to considering technologies for cleaning up Manila Bay and its tributaries. Inventors and other parties with technologies may...

Revival of Task Force Taal Lake to protect ‘tawilis’

By Saul Pa-a/PNA BATANGAS CITY -- The provincial government here has been urged to reconstitute the Task Force Taal Lake amid research findings by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature...

WMO: 2018 Was 4th Hottest Year on Record

by Lisa Schlein/ Voice of America GENEVA — The World Meteorological Organization says 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record confirming, what it calls a clear sign that long-term climate change is...

Study: Two Thirds of Himalayan Glaciers Could Melt if Global Climate Goals Fail

by Anjana Pasricha/Voice of America NEW DELHI — Failure to meet global climate goals could lead to warming of five degrees celsius in the Himalayan mountains and a loss of two-thirds of the region’s...

PRRD transfers reclamation body to Office of the President

By Azer Parrocha/PNA MANILA -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte has approved the transfer of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to the Office of the President...

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