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Philippines-Russia energy deals: A dangerous game of Russian Roulette?
The Philippine government is playing Russian roulette with the lives of the Filipino people with its recent agreement with Russia to pursue nuclear energy, and its bid to seek partnership for offshore oil exploration.
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Greenpeace reactive to President’s call for investments in ‘clean’ coal
During the switch-on celebrations for the opening of a coal-fired power plant in Mauban, Quezon on October 16, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte referred to the coal plant as "clean" and called on investors to invest in more such facilities. Greenpeace has this to say ....
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Greenpeace report uncovers how top brands fool consumers with ‘false solutions’ to plastic pollution
Quezon City — Environmental groups today called on consumer goods companies to stop peddling false solutions to cover up continuous reliance on single-use plastic, and instead shift to business practices…
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World’s Scientists call on city mayors to reduce meat in canteens
Sixty five scientists from eleven different countries called on mayors across the globe to reduce meat in their public canteens, in order to tackle the climate emergency.
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Update on the Blockade at Shell
The Greenpeace activists have removed their human-alarm blockade at Shell’s Batangas refinery around 3:00 p.m. yesterday and the climbers have taken down their banner at the site, as the Climate…
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Filipino People’s Climate Justice Declaration
Today, at a time of climate emergency, we, communities and Filipinos from across the country, are raising the alarm for climate justice. Our fundamental rights to life, food, shelter, health…
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Community reps, Greenpeace activists blockade Shell facility in Batangas to call for climate justice
Batangas City, Philippines – Ahead of the coming week’s global mobilizations for the climate, representatives from climate-impacted communities, together with Greenpeace activists, blockaded the entrance to the Batangas refinery of fossil…
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World’s first climate change and human rights liability inquiry nears closure
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines; 19 September 2019 – The world’s first legal investigation into the responsibility of fossil fuel companies for human rights impacts resulting from climate change is…
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Filipino activist and super typhoon survivor demands Shell to face up to the climate emergency
Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines – Ahead of this month’s global climate strikes, climate activist and super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor Joanna Sustento[1], started an indefinite lone protest today in front of…
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Greenpeace PH reactive to the recent Statement on Climate Change by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Quezon City – Early this week, United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Michele Bachelet said of climate change, “The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this…