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The World Bank warned in a report on Sunday that climate change could drive 100 million people into extreme poverty in just 15 years. The report, titled “Shock Waves: Managing the impacts of Climate Change on poverty,” says that increased natural disasters, disruptions in food supplies and the spread of diseases could send the global poverty rate into overdrive by just 2030. The report finds that poor people are already at high risk from climate-related […]
Mealworms can help save the planet. It turns out the insects are able to naturally biodegrade Styrofoam that would have otherwise sit in a landfill for more than a million years. Researchers from Beijing and California have found that tackling the ever growing problem of plastic pollution may be as easy as feeding worms. “Our study found that actually mealworms eat Styrofoam and they digest Styrofoam in their gut,” said co-author of the study Wei-Min […]
Kailangang maibalik sa mga manufacturer ang mga electronic waste para sa final disposal ayon sa Eco waste Coalition https://youtu.be/av8m9uCz3lU
The world’s largest painting of cats was sold in Sotheby’s in New York for the price of $800, 000. It was entitled “My Wife’s Lovers”, the painting features more than 40 cats. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/gccS7ajSNsQ
Suspected poachers have used cyanide to kill 23 elephants in Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park, raising the death toll there and in the northern part of the country to 60 since late September, officials said on Thursday (October 29). Hwange national park in western Zimbabwe currently hosts 53,000 elephants, twice the park’s carrying capacity. Park rangers recovered most of the tusks after the 23 elephants were killed with the deadly poison last Friday but poachers got […]
TAGBILARAN CITY, October 27 (PIA) — Brace for an intensified El Niño, warns the state weather bureau through its local station in Bohol. Speaking at the Kapihan sa PIA which tackled the forecasted long dry season that country is set to experience starting next month, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Bohol Officer in Charge Leonardo Samar said that scientists have noticed the increase in surface water temperature or sea surface temperatures (SST) at the […]
MINDANAO, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to the Environmental Management Bureau of Region XII, the air in said region remains up to standard despite the presence of haze coming from the forest fires in Indonesia. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Vince Alvin Villarin)
In a small Indonesian village on Java Island, tofu production has taken on a new role — by using its waste water to produce biogas, it’s now cutting costs, preserving energy and protecting the environment. Kalisari village, which now has over 240 tofu workshops, recently became the experimental ground for Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), which is pioneering the project. “Now, as a bonus, the tofu is also a source […]
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is taking legal action against a Chinese company that manufactured a doll bearing the midfielder’s resemblance and dressed in Nazi military uniforms, a spokesman for the player said on Thursday (October 22). The figure named ‘Bastian’ and seen wearing various German World War Two military uniforms, including the swastika and eagle, symbol of Nazi Germany is on sale through the Hong-Kong based DID company. The resemblance to the Manchester United playmaker […]
China has begun construction on what it claims will be the longest and tallest glass-bottom bridge in the world. The bridge will be suspended across Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan’s scenic Zhangjiajie National Park, which has claims to have inspired visuals for James Cameron’s 2009 film “Avatar”. An investor founded Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Co. Ltd to to carry out the project and is putting a total of around 250 million yuan ($39 million) into the […]
The peacock ring in India was able to set world record as “Most Diamond Set In One Ring”. Said ring has 4, 000 diamonds and is worth 2 million euros. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA – To support the 90% household electrification goal of the Philippines with renewable energy (RE), the German-government-owned international cooperation company Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI), Inc. are organizing the fifth business trip of German RE companies to the Philippines from October 26 to 30, 2015. Eight German solar PV and micro-grid companies and three RE experts will form the delegation. The German companies will include 8p2 Ingenieurspartnerschaft, an engineering […]
