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.
Life is like a wheel. One moment you are up and the next moment you can be down.
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez says open-pit mining can cause earthquakes.
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS A video of the exchange between Gina Lopez, incoming President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice as secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and a pro-mining advocate is going the rounds of social media. Lopez was asking the man to choose between food and minerals because she argued that mining that extracts minerals from
