By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com What has happened to the Aquino administration’s commitment to address issues connected to climate change? In the aftermath of two killer typhoons Pedringa and Quiel, a lawmaker is demanding that President Benigno Aquino III issues a report on the accomplishments of his administration’s Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Program.…
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Lessons from the flood
Prometheus Bound By GIOVANNI TAPANG, PhD Bulatlat.com MANILA — It came as a surprise to receive a call from my sister in Bulacan last Thursday, since I was the one who was supposed to be sending her a birthday greeting then. She was worried about the floods in the nearby towns of Hagonoy, Paombong and…
Fight against Climate Change must be directed against Transnational Corporate Greed – environmentalists
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
According to IBON data, TNCs account for 50 percent of all oil, gas and coal extraction and refining. Only 10 TNCs account for about 41 percent of world production of oil and gas, and TNCs control 80 percent of land worldwide which is cultivated for cash crops. Only 20 TNCs account for about 90 percent of the sales of hazardous pesticides and other agricultural chemicals.
Aquino support for coal-fired plants slammed; groups say he lacks ‘environmental leadership’
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Instead of making polluters pay, the national government pays polluters. Aquino condoned billions of pesos in terms of tax liabilities and obligations of foreign and private operators of coal plants.” – Kalikasan
Environmental Groups Intensify Opposition to Planned Expansion of Coal-Fired Power Plants
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
A typical coal power plant generates an average of 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide… 500 tons of small airborne particles…720 tons of carbon monoxide… 225 pounds of arsenic… and 114 pounds of lead, four pounds of cadmium, other toxic heavy metals, and trace amounts of uranium which are all poisonous and carcinogenic.
Int’l IP Groups Say No to Market-Based Solutions to Climate Crisis
By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—“No to market-based mechanisms!” This was the resounding position of delegates to the International Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Alternatives and Solutions to the Climate Crisis as they criticized the proposed solutions of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). Market-based mechanisms would not…
International Conference of Indigenous Peoples Praised Empowered IP villages for Protecting Environment vs. Climate Crisis
By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — “Climate change is a matter of social justice,” said a report of the Ibon International, a non-profit economic research outfit based in the Philippines. “Two centuries of increasing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions have coincided with colonial and neocolonial subordination of the Southern…
Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth: Address Climate Change By Asserting Indigenous People’s Rights
By KIMBERLIE OLIVAMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—Indigenous youth under the banner of the Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN) asserts that addressing problems on climate change also means addressing indigenous peoples (IP) issues on human rights violations, discrimination and self-determination. This was expressed by representatives of IP youth from the different…
Why Climate Change Denial Has Nothing to Do With Science and Everything to Do With Politics
By GEORGE MONBIOT Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com How did the globe’s biggest environmental problem because simply an issue of politics? It was Australia’s second climate change election. Climate change deposed the former leaders of both main parties: Kevin Rudd (Labor) because his position was too weak, Malcolm Turnbull (Liberals) because his position was too…
Advocates Worry That Aquino’s Mining, Environment Agenda Is Similar to Arroyo’s
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
President Aquino’s electoral platform, inaugural speech and State of the Nation Address (SONA) contain no clear environmental agenda and position on major issues such as mining, climate change and the garbage problem, said Clemente Bautista of Kalikasan.
Grassroots Communities Key to Addressing Climate Change — Environmentalist
While the debate on carbon emissions and credits rages, an alternative solution is being offered by a woman professor and environmentalist: Live well by emulating the practices and coping mechanisms of grassroots communities. By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY –- Living well might can be one of the appropriate solutions to the climate crisis,…