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Petitioners’ consolidated reply to the respondent Carbon Majors in the National Public Inquiry being conducted by Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Filipinos demanding climate justice filed their response to corporate efforts to shut down the first-ever national inquiry into the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry and others for the human rights impacts resulting from climate change.
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Green advocates remind President Duterte of environmental to-do list
In a press conference held in Quezon City, environmental advocates united once more to remind President Rodrigo Duterte the list of environmental reforms he promised to initiate in the first 100 days of his presidency. The Green Thumb Coalition, the widest coalition of more than 40 national and local organizations advocating for a progressive environmental…
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Saludo sa Mga Tunay na Bayani
Ang buwan ng Agosto ay mahalaga sa pagkakakilanlan ng Pilipino. Una, ang Agosto ay Buwan ng Wikang Filipino, mangyaring ang wika ay isa sa mga pangunahing simbolo ng isang sambayanan. Samantala, ang huling Lunes ng buwan na ito’y itinakda para gunitain ang mga bayani ng ating bansa. Subalit ano na nga ba ang ibig sabihin…
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Greenpeace statement on the murder of Gloria Capitan, anti-coal activist in Bataan
Read Greenpeace's statement on the murder of Gloria Capitan, anti-coal activist in Bataan
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Greenpeace condemns bloody dispersal of farmers in Cotabato and demands government action on El Niño
Greenpeace denounced the bloody response made by police on Friday, April 1, to protests by farmers and lumad (Indigenous Peoples) from the different towns of Cotabato who were demanding relief and subsidy for farm communities affected by the drought brought about by El Niño.
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Green Thumb Coalition dares candidates to bare their platforms for the environment
Today, a coalition made up of over 40 national and local organizations launched the Green Thumb Coalition and challenged 2016 presidential candidates to put socio-environmental issues at the heart of their electoral platforms.
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End impunity! People, planet, and peace over profit
The current development paradigm of economic growth at all cost has placed people and the environment as unavoidable collateral damage. The recent rise of violence against indigenous peoples in Mindanao serves to remind us why we should put forward development plans that look after both the well-being of the people and the environment.
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For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change
Manila - Typhoon survivors and civil society groups in the Philippines today delivered a complaint to the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) calling for an investigation into the responsibility of big fossil fuel companies for fuelling catastrophic climate change that is resulting in human rights violations. [1]
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An open letter of solidarity and support
Dear friends, It is impossible to put into words the despair that millions of Filipinos are going through right now. Days after Haiyan (Yolanda) sliced through the central islands of the Philippines, it has become horrifyingly clear that the damage wrought by the super typhoon has been colossal, the devastation absolute. As of this writing, almost…