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CHR eyes conclusion of case vs fossil fuel companies in August; Communities call for ‘climate justice,’ people-centered decisions
We seek no less than a groundbreaking decision that will give communities and people all over the world a strong rallying point to attain a better normal without fossil fuels, to demand ambitious climate action from governments, including regulations for the immediate and managed phaseout of fossil fuels, and to compel carbon majors to abandon…
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Greenpeace statement on EO 116 mandating a study for the adoption of a National Position on a Nuclear Energy Program
Nuclear energy is the most expensive and most dangerous way to generate electricity, and can take 20 years to construct. It will only lock the country into perpetual dependence on imported fuels and debts, rendering our communities and our environment vulnerable to immense risks that we are ill-equipped to handle.
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Greenpeace reactive on Duterte’s SONA: ‘No mention of coherent policy agenda for recovery and beyond’
The COVID pandemic is happening against a backdrop of environmental destruction and the climate crisis that has been going on long before this pandemic, and—unless things change for the better—will persist and worsen well into the future.
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Greenpeace statement on Iloilo power barge oil spill
Quezon City - Around 48,000 liters of oil spilled into waters off Iloilo on 3 July 2020, after an explosion at a power barge owned by AC Energy. Authorities estimate…
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Reimagining cities through the portal of a new beginning
I can’t help but think: “If we’re given a chance to open a door and create a new city, what would it be like?”
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Govt-led COVID recovery plans must lead us to ‘better normal’; Focus must be on climate action and vulnerable sectors – Greenpeace
Instead of going back to old business-as-usual systems that have created the climate crisis and massive inequality, any recovery plan must aim to transform our economy and society to tackle the climate crisis and promote positive environmental and health outcomes.
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Ang tao, ang bayan: A journey to Climate Justice must be fueled by people united
Martial Law in the Philippines in the 1970s and ‘80s… During those turbulent times, students were at the forefront of massive mobilizations, religious groups were occupying the streets, and people…
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9 truths strengthened by the PH Climate Change & Human Rights Inquiry
Here are 9 truths made rock solid by testimonies of individuals who bravely went on record at the Climate Change & Human Rights Inquiry in PH.
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First-ever finding on corporate responsibility for climate crisis issued by CHR; Groups hail landmark climate justice victory for communities
Civil society groups and communities across the Philippines today hailed the pronouncement of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) of the Philippines that the world’s biggest polluting companies are responsible for human rights violations and threats arising from climate impacts.
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Greenpeace reactive on Philippine Commission on Human Rights’ announcement
Today, on the sidelines of COP 25 in Madrid, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR), represented by Commissioner Roberto Cadiz, announced that the 47 investor-owned corporations, including Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Repsol, Sasol, and Total, could be found legally and morally liable for human rights harms to Filipinos resulting from climate change.…