Environment

Cavite town’s ‘plastic waste for rice’ project gains ground

By Dennis Abrina/PNA AMADEO, Cavite -- The Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) waste reduction project, dubbed “Plastic palit Bigas” (plastic in exchange for rice) in Barangay Talon in this town, has gained ground and...

Subic fishers set race for environment protection

By Malou Dungog/PNA SUBIC BAY FREEPORT -- All is set for this year’s “Takbo para sa Pagmamahal sa Karagatan,” an annual fund-raising activity of the Subic Bay Integrated Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management...

Former West Virginia Coal Mines Turned into Carbon-sucking Forests

By Steve Baragona/ VOA News   ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA — Mist rises from the ripped-up and muddy earth as moist soil meets chilly morning air. This field deep within in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest...

Solving garbage problem starts at home: Cimatu

By Catherine Teves (PNA) MANILA -- Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said solving the country's garbage woes can start at home. Speaking before employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Quezon City...

Eco group wants plastic trash shipped back to S. Korea

by Jigger Jerusalem - PNA CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- An environmental group called on authorities on Saturday to return the tons of plastic waste shipped from South Korea amid the Philippines' own...

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