Whatever happened to the P18.6-billion Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project (LRP) that was supposed to solve the growing problems of flooding and pollution at Luzon’s largest freshwater lake?

What now Laguna Bay Rehab?

Even if he would destroy the equivalent of Galapagos of Asia—the pristine Sibuyan Island in Romblon—plastics king William Gatchalian is determined to mine 3 million tons of nickel from the island worth P 4.6 billion, despite his operations being declared illegal by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Gatchalian’s greed for money knows no end

Yes. The response to oil spills must be done with earnestness, as in hours or days, not months. Every day that such spill is left to flow with the tide, the farther the damage to marine life and to the very lives and livelihood of our fisherfolk.

Lawmaker says response to oil spill must be quick

Unless we act now, the Philippines would soon be submerged in waters of trash at the rate it is producing trash at 36,000 tons a day. Given that it is visited by 20 cyclones each year, with subsequent flooding, it would not be farfetched for people to be living under garbage waters.

Fostering sustainable consumption to reduce trash

It would seem unwise to convert a pristine 270 hectare protected forest to a prison haven of the Bureau of Corrections, despite assurances by the DoJ that there would be environment-friendly construction of several facilities in the area.

From protected forest to prison haven/farm

Members of Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) 

GROUPS DEMAND STOP TO SEABED QUARRYING

At the media launch of Earth Hour Philippines 2023 held at the Quezon City hall today, the LGU announced that it will host this year's Earth Hour celebration in the Philippines on March 25, 2023 at the Quezon Memorial Circle in partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF-Philippines). 

EARTH HOUR PHL. 2023

Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chair of the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, 

 SEN. VILLAR AT WORLD WILDLIFE DAY IN  QC

Peru is famous for its Rainbow Mountain, a mountain sporting hues of gold, green and vermillion.

Celebrating Panay's wildlife on UN Wildlife Day

As the World Wetlands Day celebration nears on February 2 (Thursday) the UN Development Program visited Balinsasayao Twin Lakes in Negros Oriental, where they got whitewashed and learned the value of watersheds and other protected areas as reservoirs not just of water but of life itself, narrated Gregg Yan of UNDP.

UNDP visits Balinsasayao Twin Lakes ahead of World Wetlands celebration

SEN. VILLAR AT WORLD WILDLIFE DAY IN  QC Danny Querubin

From protected forest to prison havenfarm

GROUPS DEMAND STOP  TO SEABED QUARRYING Danny Querubin

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