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Reform agriculture or else
UN-sponsored report warns of social upheaval, environmental disasters.
QC gov’t issues guide for market waste management
The Quezon City government has issued a waste market guide to promote greater public participation in waste recycling market and fair projects at the city’s big shopping malls.
Illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances up
SINGAPORE (DPA) -- Illegal trans-boundary trade in ozone-depleting chemicals has increased dramatically in the AsiaPacific region, said a study released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday.
Freshening of Antarctic depths worries experts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- Scientists studying the icy depths of the sea around Antarctica have detected changes in salinity that could have profound effects on the world’s climate and ocean currents.
Going green: from margins to mainstream
Devin Williams stood at the Rock the Earth booth in Denver's City Park on Sunday, signing up music lovers to help save the planet.
More workers' collars turning green
LOS ANGELES -- With each day that passes inside Richard Killman's air-conditioning and refrigerator-mechanics class, the students' collars are transforming from blue to green.
Sick and green over Earth Day
The French Revolution gave us Thermidor, which refers to the inevitable, conservative reaction that follows a time of radical upheaval.
Atienza to sue over Boracay construction
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza scored the failure of Mayor Ciceron Cawaling of Malay, Aklan province to stop construction activities on the world famous Boracay island despite a moratorium order issued by the local government.
Feed people, not cars, group urges gov’t
Government leaders in Europe are now wary that farmland in developing countries is being diverted to produce biofuels.
Dalai Lama bats for environmental responsibility
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) -- The Dalai Lama says the need for environmental responsibility dovetails with Buddhist teachings on valuing human life -- whether it’s one person or the world’s entire population.
Animal activists offer M for dev’t of test-tube meat
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Steaks out of a test-tube?
Mapecon, farmers eye joint venture
Mapecon Green Charcoal Philippines, Inc. and the 727-strong Ugnayan ng Mamamayan sa Lungsod at Nayon (UMALUN) in Dingalan, Aurora, Quezon, through the initiative of the special concern office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), are eyeing a joint venture that will produce Mapecon Green Charcoal hydrogen and vermicast green organic fertilizer in Dingalan.
Biodiversity loss to wipe out cures, experts warn
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- The world risks wiping out a huge amount of future antibiotics and disease cures if it fails to reverse the rapid extinction of thousands of plant and animal species, experts warned.
McCartney urges vegetarianism to fight climate ills
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and is surprised more green groups don’t promote it.
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