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88% of Senate Candidates Ignore Environmental Crisis Ahead of Midterm elections
Green groups slam “deafening silence” as ecological threats escalate
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Study links chemicals in plastics to deaths from heart disease
A study linking chemicals found in plastics to heart disease was recently released by researchers at New York University Langone Health. The researchers found that phthalates used in common plastic products like food packaging have contributed to over 350,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018.
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Greenpeace, Marikina Kontra Agos: Vote for the environment, make polluters pay
More than a hundred young people from Marikina last Saturday called on local and national candidates to stand up for corporate accountability and to make climate polluters pay climate-affected communities for damages.
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The plastic-free shift: A viable option for big business
Plenty of businesses are starting their own sustainability initiatives, but only a few large companies are taking serious steps to slowly phase out single-use plastics from their operations. Stepping up…
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Todos, todos, todos
He’ll come back again, I muttered as I declined a friend’s invitation to see Pope Francis when he visited the University of Sto. Tomas in 2015. There was good reason…
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Greenpeace urges 2025 bets to prioritize climate justice
As the world marks Earth Day 2025, Greenpeace Philippines is calling on candidates in the upcoming midterm elections to put climate justice front and center of their platforms. The group…
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The Beginning and End of Summer Make Me Anxious
Right now is the end of the short season of reprieve: after the storms but before the high heat–which will be lifted by a new round of typhoons and supertyphoons.
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Greenpeace denounces PNRI-Valar Atomics nuclear deal: ‘Filipinos are not guinea pigs’
Greenpeace Philippines today condemned a nuclear agreement between the Philippine government and foreign business interests, following Valar Atomics Inc.’s announcement to construct a 100-kilowatt (kW) nuclear reactor in collaboration with…
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Greenpeace urges Marcos to fast-track CLIMA Bill as Manila ranks 3rd worst affected ‘megacity’ by climate-change related heat
We call for the immediate enactment of the CLIMA Bill following the release this week of a report by Climate Central which revealed that Manila endured heat that was strongly influenced by climate change for 69 days since December—making it the third worst affected out of all megacities in the world.
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Defending Our Future: The Energy Transfer SLAPP Case and the Fight for Free Speech
The lawsuit against Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the USA by Energy Transfer feels like a punch to the gut—a brutal reminder that those who destroy our home will stop at nothing to silence those who protect it.
