VERA Files
Paano mas magiging maayos ang paghahanda sa mga sakunang dala ng bagyo? Pakinggan natin ang pananaw ng Mines and Geosciences Bureau at ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ng Balanga City, Bataan dito sa ikalawang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.
It was a public relations event that became a PR crisis as the threat of an environment disaster loomed.
The country may have to brace for harsher environmental degradation, increased health risks and possibly more expensive electricity as a result of less rigorous scrutiny of applications for environmental compliance certificates (ECCs), an environment group has warned.
In her bid to promote ecotourism as the alternative to mining, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez cites as a success story Ugong Rock Adventures.
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez says open-pit mining can cause earthquakes.
By VINCENT GO
Activists and community leaders on Thursday demanded that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources install a pollution disclosure system that will require industrial facilities to publicly declare the chemicals they use in their products and manufacturing process, and report how these are discharged, treated or transported.