Environment

Green Convergence exec bucks coal plants in Negros

By Mary Judaline Partlow/PNA DUMAGUETE CITY – The head of the Green Convergence, a coalition batting for safe food, healthy environment and a sustainable economy, is urging local government officials and the...

DENR chief seeks ways to raise NGP seedlings’ survival rate

By Catherine Teves/PNA MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is targeting to raise, as soon as possible, the survival rate of tree seedlings planted under its National Greening...

Negros greening movement plants 6-M trees in 3 years

By Mary Judaline Partlow/PNA DUMAGUETE CITY -- The largest forest restoration project in Negros Oriental, known as the 10 Million Trees in 10 Years for a Greener Negros Movement, or simply 10M...

Study Links 2017 Disasters to Climate Change

By Steve Baragona/VOA News WASHINGTON — Drought in the United States and East Africa. Floods in Peru and Bangladesh. Heatwaves in Europe and China. Even unusual cloudiness in Japan. Climate change left its fingerprints on...

Palawan seeks DA’s help vs. mango weevil infestation

By Celeste Anna Formoso - PNA PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Palawan is seeking the help of Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol in saving its mango industry from the pulp...

DENR protests tree-cutting for Ormoc diversion road project

By Sarwell Meniano - PNA TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to stop cutting trees in...

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