Recently added articles from Manila Bulletin:
Firms join forces for clean water compliance.(Environment)
Nov 16, 2009 ... Two revolutionary companies, Falcon Waterfree Phils., Inc. and First Envirotech Corporation, launched their partnership last Friday, November 13 at the Lancaster Hotel, Mandaluyong City.The Falcon-First Envirotech partnership aims to introduce leaders of the business, industrial, and ...
Save the air, stakeholders urge.(Environment)
Nov 16, 2009 ... Half a million people die prematurely in Asia every year because of air pollution, while climate change, which is partly caused by air pollutants and greenhouse gases, has been recently manifesting its severe impact in our country’s weather.These occurrences strengthen the resolve of ...
APEC leaders douse hopes on climate pact.(Environment)
Nov 16, 2009 ... SINGAPORE (AFP) — Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday buried hopes a key UN meeting next month would forge a binding pact to combat climate change, saying talks would drag on well past the Copenhagen meeting.Instead they backed a face-saving proposal from Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke ...
In warming world, jellyfish swarm north.(Environment)
Nov 16, 2009 ... KOKONOGI, Japan (AP) — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass.The ...
Bluefin tuna quota cut not enough, environmentalists say.(Environment)
Nov 16, 2009 ... SAO PAULO, November 15, 2009 (AFP) - Environmentalists on Sunday warned bluefin tuna was on its way to extinction after a international meeting of fishery ministry officials trimmed catch quotas but upheld continued hauls of the fish, prized in sushi dishes."After meeting for 10 days, the ...