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PH Environmental Groups Apprehensive of DENR Sec. Cuna Appointment
We, environmental justice groups, express serious concern over the appointment of Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna as the new Acting Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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Greenpeace: Trash slides are bound to happen again, PH government must act now
Communities residing near Binaliw Landfill hold a candle lighting vigil, expressing their indignation for the suffering they are experiencing from the impacts of the neighboring dumpsite. Last January, 36 waste workers lost their lives to the trash slide that buried the waste segregation facility they were working in. Weeks after the tragedy in Binaliw, a…
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Greenpeace joins calls for high ranking officials involved in flood control scandal to step down
As Filipinos mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power, Greenpeace Philippines joined thousands of Filipinos and fellow environmentalists demanding the investigation, prosecution, and dismissal of high ranking officials involved in the flood control scandal.
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Greenpeace: Rizal landfill collapse exposes gov’t inaction on waste
Weeks after the Binaliw landfill tragedy, which claimed 36 lives, another trash slide incident happened in Rodriguez, Rizal. Reports claim that there are at least three individuals missing since a portion of the landfill collapsed last Friday afternoon.
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New Plastics Treaty chair must restore trust, transparency, and ambition — Greenpeace
Following the election of H.E. Ambassador Julio Cordano of Chile as the new Chair of the committee tasked with negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty, Greenpeace Philippines said the appointment must mark a turning point for the treaty talks and the start of a renewed effort to rebuild trust in the process, particularly for countries in…
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Shell’s $18.5 billion profits underscore the cost paid by Philippine typhoon survivors
The profit announcement comes less than two months after 103 Filipino survivors of Super Typhoon Odette filed a landmark case against Shell in UK courts, citing research linking fossil fuel emissions to the increasing likelihood of devastating storms in the Philippines.
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Cebu landfill landslide recalls Payatas tragedy, underscores country’s waste crisis
Greenpeace calls on PH gov to fully implement RA 9003 and enforce plastic reduction
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Real change needs real options
In conversations about plastic waste, behavior change is often described as simply a matter of motivation. If people care enough, the thinking goes, they will reduce plastic use. But insights from reuse projects in Southeast Asia tell a fuller story.
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