Green groups question MGB issuance of permit for unstable old mines in Surigao del Norte Warn against risky mines Quezon City, Philippines – Alyansa Tigil Mina and its international partners question the Mines and Geosciences Bureau decision to allow the … Continue reading
Residents of Brgy. Panacan may face serious health and environmental risks because of the proposed coal plant. Tell the Narra Municipal and Palawan Provincial Councils to reject the project. The beautiful coastal towns of Narra, Palawan may be at risk … Continue reading
By: Katala Foundation Inc. PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Nearly 70,000 signatures here and abroad have been gathered petitioning the Chair of the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, Gov. Abraham Kahlil Mitra, to revert its decision against the proposal of the … Continue reading
None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use by David Roberts http://grist.org/business-technology/none-of-the-worlds-top-industries-would-be-profitable-if-they-paid-for-the-natural-capital-they-use/ The notion of “externalities” has become familiar in environmental circles. It refers to costs imposed by businesses that are … Continue reading
Quezon City—ATM has secured public information about a reported instability and subsidence of the external wall of Siana Mines tailings dam, in Surigao del Norte. The notice was issued by the mining company Red5, operating the mining project. The company … Continue reading
CHR visits mine-affected, militarized indigenous community in South Cotabato Three months after the massacre of Capion family in Bong Mal, South Cotabato, Kitari, and Dion Capion were killed in a shoot-out, January 29. This triggered the visit of the Commission … Continue reading
Gina Lopez and ”Ms. Earth” runners-up join Sibuyan, Romblon Officials’ launching of “Tao Muna, Hindi Mina!” Campaign More than a thousand residents of Sibuyan Island in the province of Romblon marked Earth Day (April 22) with the rejection of mining approval … Continue reading
Groups challenge electoral candidates to heed victims’ call to stop destructive mining in PH Demand human rights be top priority over environmental destruction Quezon City – Today, 200-strong activists from church, human rights, and environment groups launched the campaign in … Continue reading
Extractives Assembly, World Social Forum Political Declaration 31 March 2013 We, organisations assembled here, bear witness to a global extractivist boom that is leading to great misery for many hundreds of millions of the Earth’s people and destroying the very basis for life and its reproduction … Continue reading
Philippine Movement for Climate Justice 34 Matiyaga St. Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City 1100 Metro Manila, Philippines Phone: +63.2.925.3036 Website: www.climatejustice.ph |Email Address: pmcj2012.sec@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE April 22, 2013 CLIMATE ACTIVISTS EXPOSE RISKS OF DIRTY COAL, DEMAND SHIFT TO CLEAN, RENEWABLE … Continue reading