Environment

SBMA urges neighbors to join recycling effort

By Malou Dungog/PNA SUBIC BAY FREEPORT -- The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) urges communities around the Subic Bay Freeport to participate in its recyclable collection project to minimize the release of wastes...

Belgium lauds Boracay rehab, PH bid on sustainable tourism

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora/PNA MANILA -- The Duterte administration's decision to rehabilitate Boracay was a "good decision" after all, Belgian Ambassador to Manila Michel Goffin said Thursday. "Let's be frank, when you cleaned...

DENR addresses appeals of 13 mining firms

By Catherine Teves/PNA MANILA -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has acted on the appeals of 13 mining companies that were ordered either closed or suspended last year. The DENR affirmed...

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...

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