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Fisherfolk groups to President Aquino: Save Philippine fisheries, adopt Roadmap to Recovery
Manila, Philippines, 30 May 2014 – On the eve of National Fisherfolk’s Day, close to 1,000 people from fisherfolk groups, civil society and non-government organizations marched to Malacañang in festive sea creature costumes to deliver their proposed Roadmap to Recovery for Philippine Oceans to address the declining state of our national seas. They urged the…
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Drinking water in Philippines, Thailand contaminated with nitrates, Greenpeace says
Water in key agricultural areas in the Philippines and Thailand are already contaminated with nitrate pollution, Greenpeace warned today at the launch of a new report, Nitrates in drinking water in the Philippines and Thailand. The report, launched simultaneously in both countries, is the result of a Greenpeace Water Patrol investigation which studied nitrate levels…
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World’s top climate experts to testify in landmark investigation into fossil fuel companies
Some of the world’s most highly-regarded climate change science, policy, research, and legal experts will appear as witnesses in the ongoing hearings by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) on the responsibility of 47 fossil fuel companies for the global climate crisis.
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#IsyuHindiKandidato wants us to talk about issues that matter
#IsyuHindiKandidato initiative seeks to break through the usual election season noise and steer the discourse towards the issues and concrete solutions needed NOW.
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SWS Survey on Eating Meat
Greenpeace Philippines commissioned a survey to take a better look at Filipinos’ meat consumption.
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Dirty Laundry 2: Hung Out to Dry
Research commissioned by Greenpeace International has revealed that clothing and certain fabric-based shoes sold internationally by major clothing brands are manufactured using nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs). NPEs -- which are used as surfactants in textile production -- subsequently break down to form toxic nonylphenol (NP). Nonylphenol is a persistent chemical with hormone-disrupting properties that builds up…
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Sprouting from Disaster
Climate change is making natural disasters more intense and frequent, which in turn cause periodic food emergencies and damage billions' worth of agriculture. In response, the government must review its policies and craft new ones so that farmers can help their fellow farmers who are affected by storms and drought to access diversified seeds. This…
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Coal: A Public Health Crisis
Coal is a major public health hazard. Each stage of the coal life cycle – mining, transportation, washing, combustion, and disposing of post-combustion wastes – carries health risks that lead to lung, heart and brain diseases, as well as work-related injuries. Burning coal affects the environment, human health and wildlife, and is a major contributor…
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Greenpeace Philippines statement on the dead whale in the Philippines with 40kgs of plastic in its stomach
An examination on the carcass of the whale revealed that the cause of death are ‘starvation and dehydration’ after it was found that it ingested 40kgs of plastic, and was tagged as one of the worst cases of poisoning ever seen.
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Philippine fishing companies included in Greenpeace shame list of pirate vessels
An online database of fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing was launched by Greenpeace International this week (1). The Greenpeace IUU blacklist is the first fully public one-stop, independent record of fishing vessels, support vessels and companies involved in pirate fishing.
