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environmental concerns

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on environmental concerns.

  2. PROJECT Paglajag started as a weekly shoreline cleanup to tackle plastic pollution.

    Turning youth into island stewards

    Teacher Ervie Ann C. Conte was honored at the 4th Philippine Resilience Awards for promoting environmental conservation, literacy, nutrition and sustainable…

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  3. The planet is not ours to destroy

    The planet is not ours to destroy

    This is not an academic exercise or a work of fiction, but an urgent warning and desperate appeal as time is rapidly running out. Scientists and environmental…

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  4. THE Manatalongon Mountain Range in the Central Cebu Protected Landscape. The Philippines remains underrepresented in global carbon markets, and large-scale forest carbon projects harnessing this potential through satellite data are still at an early stage.

    Protecting Cebu’s highlands

    The cumulative effects of climate change, poor land management, and environmental neglect have painted a reality we can no longer ignore.

    2 MIN READ

  8. Baguio eyes environmental fee for tourists

    Baguio eyes environmental fee for tourists

    Baguio City is studying an environmental user’s fee for tourists to address rising waste and fund sewage treatment plant rehabilitation. Learn how the proposed…

    1 MIN READ

  9. HENRY DODSON

    Gateway greed

    One thing San Miguel understands very well is rent-seeking — using its immense economic and political influence over government to secure projects, then…

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  11. BLAZE of neglect Environmental groups are demanding accountability for the Navotas Sanitary Landfill fire, pointing to San Miguel Aerocity Inc.’s takeover of the facility despite repeated warnings of a looming environmental disaster. The incident has sparked widespread public concern, as toxic fumes spread across large parts of Metro Manila and nearby suburbs, posing serious health risks.

    Landfill, land grab; burning questions

    Phileco said it had warned the authorities that building an interchange over the landfill could trigger fires, methane buildup, and leachate leaks.

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