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Envi, health groups raise alarm on plastic’s health risks ahead of World Envi Day
Leading up to the celebration of World Environment Day, Greenpeace Philippines, Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia, and Planetary Health Philippines come together to organize an online multi-stakeholder forum, titled TOXIC TRUTHS: The Unfiltered Impacts of Plastic on Human Health, to discuss the health impacts of the plastic crisis and the systemic solutions to protect…
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Fisherfolk, green groups urge gov’t: Prioritize people and planet over profit
Small-scale fishermen are losing their livelihoods, and there is a risk that fish stocks along the coast will be depleted due to large-scale commercial fishing that will certainly destroy and deplete marine life in waters vital to small scale fishers
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Greenpeace statement on the announcement of former DOE Secretary Raphael Lotilla as new DENR Chief
Sec. Lotilla takes over the DENR at a time of worsening climate, pollution and biodiversity crisis. We urge him to stay true to the mandate of the DENR to protect and conserve the environment for the welfare of present and future generations of Filipinos.
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Reduction, not false solutions. Greenpeace urges gov’t to steer clear of greenwashing amid plastic use for roads
The Department of Public Works and Highways recently announced its approval on using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottle waste as an additive to make asphalt for national roads.
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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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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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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…
