Tag: Philippines
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Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef... with thousands of illegally killed pangolins on board
It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.
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Reinvented Retro-Style Bicycle Rickshaw Gets 'Round
A modern but retro-flavored makeover for the endearing bicycle rickshaw by Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue.
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Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines
The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.
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TreeHugger Interviews the Philippine Mine-Stopping, Goldman Prize-Winning "Father Edu"
"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."
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Philippines Mining Activist Awarded Goldman Environmental Prize for Stopping Norwegian-owned Nickel Mine
Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island
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Philippine National Police Ordered to Plant 10 Million Trees
As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs.
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Coal Ash Activists Acquitted in Filipino Court
Filipino activists had been charged with trespassing in December 2009 to document toxic coal ash.
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MyShelter Foundation: Lighting Up Homes With A Plastic Bottle and Some Chlorine
If you live in a home without electricity and few or no windows, it's always incredibly dark inside, even at high noon. Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) is a sustainable lighting project that is trying to help people
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Undulating Squid Worm Discovered in Vulnerable Depths
There is something mesmerizing about this clip of a squid worm, also named teuthidodrilus samae by researchers after it was 'discovered' recently in the depths of the Celebes Sea between Indonesian and the Philippines.
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India, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea All Soon Clobbering the US on Renewable Energy
Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to
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See Ecocide Writ Large: NASA Photo Shows Humungous Philippine Coal Mine From Space
photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara
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Tiny Philippine Island is Center of a Crazy-But-True Natural Wonder (Slideshow)
This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island that's on a lake, on a
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Mayon Volcano Ready to Erupt, May Cause a Little Climate Cooling
Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have
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Dhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits Closer to Home Than You Might Think
Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.
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Philippine Fiber Secret to Naturally Water-Repellent Rainwear
In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for example. Although better known
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"Extinct" Bird Eaten by Mistake: Not an April Fools Joke
A Worcester’s Buttonquail was caught on camera for the first time by a French documentary team who were filming native bird trappers at work in the Philippines. No one realized how rare the bird was until it was identified as a Worcester’s Buttonquail
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Luxury and "Eco" Try to Co-Exist at Cacao Pearl's Philippine Resort
Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.
