Fact-checking the mining closure debate
Will the economy collapse as the big mines are closed?
Fact-checking the mining closure debate
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DENR Sec Lopez gets praises, more tips on defending watershed, environment
DENR Sec Lopez gets praises, more tips on defending watershed, environment
“Maintaining healthy watersheds in these areas will guarantee that our population will have adequate, clean and safe water supply for irrigation and domestic water needs.”
Fisherfolk want their fishing grounds back
Fisherfolk want their fishing grounds back
Pamalakaya and SLLM said the anti-fish pen campaign should lead to genuine rehabilitation of the lake and not to turning the lake from a productive fishing zone to a money-making business hub of just a few developers.
Peace diplomacy means growing reefs, not rockets on Spratlys – green groups tell China
Peace diplomacy means growing reefs, not rockets on Spratlys – green groups tell China
“The seven military outposts of China across West Philippine Sea has put crosshairs on its various ecosystems and fishing grounds.”
2017: Confronting the anti-environment, pro-globalization leanings of the Duterte administration
2017: Confronting the anti-environment, pro-globalization leanings of the Duterte administration
The Duterte administration has continued to subscribe to the same old, pro-foreign, pro-oligarch, anti-people and anti-environment globalization polices of the previous administrations.
Martial Law persists where environmental defenders resist
Martial Law persists where environmental defenders resist
The ‘infallibility’ of Duterte’s drug war rhetoric has become a convenient front for politically motivated killings.
Duterte urged to go beyond Aquino’s ‘token actions’ on botanist Leonard Co
Duterte urged to go beyond Aquino’s ‘token actions’ on botanist Leonard Co
In 2012, the DOJ recommended the filing of a (downgraded) case of reckless imprudence resulting to homicide.
Democratic space | There are bigger battles outside the Paris Agreement
Democratic space | There are bigger battles outside the Paris Agreement
The climate talks are still a legitimate venue to advance the concrete needs and aspirations of our people.
‘Happiness is…closure of destructive mines’ – nat’l minorities tell DENR head
‘Happiness is…closure of destructive mines’ – nat’l minorities tell DENR head
In a dialogue, indigenous peoples and Moro asked Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to shut down destructive large-scale mining.
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Duterte’s #First100Days | ‘Reforms have begun for environment’
Duterte’s #First100Days | ‘Reforms have begun for environment’
“The Duterte administration is full of contradictions, but the positive outweighs the negative.”
‘Maverick’ | Green group hails DENR head for ‘political will’ vs. destructive mining
‘Maverick’ | Green group hails DENR head for ‘political will’ vs. destructive mining
Environmentalists hope government action against destructive firms will lead towards reorientation of the mining industry.
Protests vs coal plants highlight impact of privatized, ‘dirty energy’
Protests vs coal plants highlight impact of privatized, ‘dirty energy’
Green groups call for a moratorium on coal plants, and for the country’s conversion to clean energy and nationalization of the power industry.
Trading away peace for ‘Vital Installations’
Trading away peace for ‘Vital Installations’
These so-called development projects that serve as the AFP’s loophole in their commander-in-chief’s ceasefire declaration are precisely the reasons why grassroots communities are denied of land, water, food, livelihood, and rights.
Indigenous peoples, peasants want DMCI closed
Indigenous peoples, peasants want DMCI closed
“DMCI should not only be permanently closed, but should be compelled by the DENR to provide just reparations to all aggravated communities affected by its environmental destruction and militarization. "
Kalibutan: A global front against OceanaGold is growing
Kalibutan: A global front against OceanaGold is growing
As the state of the environment under mining worsens, the people’s movement against large-scale and foreign mining will intensify.
Green groups decry continued operations, shooting by suspended mining firm in Zambales
Green groups decry continued operations, shooting by suspended mining firm in Zambales
“ZDMC-DMCI’s shooting against the residents of Acoje is deplorable. This is an alarming spike in the continuing violation of people’s rights by the mining firm.”
#ChangeWeNeed | Nueva Vizcaya village hopes Duterte keeps promise to stop destructive mining
#ChangeWeNeed | Nueva Vizcaya village hopes Duterte keeps promise to stop destructive mining
“We hope that under President Duterte, destructive mining operations will stop because we have felt the bad effects of mining.”
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