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Massacre of trees under a climate crisis is not development —Greenpeace and NAPC-VDC
The cutting down of 617 decades-old trees along Quirino Avenue and Roxas Blvd. in pursuit of profits by the country’s richest of the rich is deeply alarming and unacceptable.
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Who gets to call destruction development?
The cutting of mature trees in Manila to give way to the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEx) forces us to ask a basic but often avoided question: development for whom?
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Communities suing Shell unite, take the fight to their doorstep in creative action
On the morning of Shell’s Annual General Meeting, environmental groups across the UK, the Philippines, and Nigeria joined forces to show international solidarity and support for legal action against the company.
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Guimaras oil spill exposes ongoing fossil fuel harms
Matuto na sana tayo sa huling major oil spill sa probinsya noong 2006.2 The victims of tanker M/T Solar 1—chartered by Petron—are still fighting to this day for full compensation due to damages to fishing and livelihood 20 years ago.
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The bill is due: Filipino communities demand Unilever pay for decades of plastic pollution
Multisectoral groups from the Philippines have filed a landmark pollution complaint before the Pollution Adjudication Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-PAB) against Unilever PLC and Unilever Philippines, Inc.
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5 ways to detox your home from plastic
Whether you just watched Plastic Detox on Netflix or because the first signs of summer inspired a good clean, here are five practical ways to detox your home from plastic.
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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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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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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.