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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — California on Wednesday became the first US state to require solar panels on all new residential buildings as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The California Energy Commission said the new building standards, adopted unanimously by its members, will go into effect on January 1, 2020. “We are the first, we will not be the last,” commissioner David Hochschild said after the new mandate was adopted. “This […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbigay ng deadline ang mga opisyal ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) upang baklasin ang mga iligal na istruktura sa Coron, Palawan. Ayon sa DENR-MIMAROPA, itinakda nila hanggang sa katapusan ng buwan o Mayo 30 ang deadline sa pag-aalis ng mga istruktura na itinayo sa isla at malapit sa easement zones. Noong Abril, nagbigay na ng abiso ang DENR na bakantehin na ang isla sa Barangay Tagumpay, Poblacion 1, Poblacion […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A new sinkhole on a North Island farm as deep as four double-decker buses and almost the length of two football fields has grabbed the attention of New Zealand volcanologists. The chasm appeared after heavy rainfall near the town of Rotorua and left a jagged scar on the landscape, exposing rock deposits from 60,000 years ago. Experts believe rain dissolved underground limestone over thousands of years, eventually causing the ground to […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A third of Australia’s threatened species are not being tracked, scientists said Friday, warning they could easily slide into extinction without anyone noticing. The first national assessment on the monitoring of threatened birds, mammals, frogs, freshwater fish, reptiles and ecological communities found 217 species were not being watched. Plants and insects were not included. The government-funded Threatened Species Recovery Hub said the results were poor for most groups, although keeping tabs […]
by Coralie Febvre Agence France Presse BERLIN, Berlin (AFP) — Whether they’re hauling parcels or children, cargo bikes are becoming a familiar sight in German cities as the nippy, clean alternative to cars and delivery vans — and shaking up urban transport in the process. A desire to go green has been key to the rise of cargo bikes in a country where dozens of smog-choked cities are considering diesel driving bans to combat air […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi umano paiikliin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang anim na buwang closure ng Boracay Island. Sinabi ito ng Pangulo sa isang press conference sa Davao International Airport sa kaniyang pagdating mula sa Singapore. Ayon sa Pangulo, wala siyang plano na manghimasok sa rekomendasyon nina Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, Interior Officer-In-Charge Eduardo Año at Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo sa period ng closure ng isla. Una nang inirekomenda ng mga nasabing cabinet official na […]
(Eagle News) — Hiniling ni Senador Sonny Angara sa gobyerno na i-promote ang iba pang tourist destinations sa bansa lalo na sa mga mahihirap na lugar para mapanatili ang industriya ng turismo sa bansa. Ayon kay Angara, habang sumasailalim sa rehabilitasyon ang Boracay ay napakarami pang ibang magaganda at world-class destinations sa bansa na dapat nating ipagmalaki. Isa aniya itong magandang pagkakataon para makilala rin sa international ang iba pang tourist destinations sa bansa na […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — US scientists said Thursday they have made progress toward a kind of plastic that can be recycled “infinitely,” and that it appears durable enough to compete with regular plastics. Unlike plastics made from petroleum products, the new kind can be converted back to its original small-molecule state, and remade into new plastics over and over, said the report in the journal Science. “The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, […]
(Eagle News) — Sa pagsisimula ng closure ng Boracay Island, nagbabala si Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu na isasara ang mga establisyimento na iligal na nakakonekta ang kanilang sewage lines sa rainwater drainage system ng isla na direktang napupunta sa dagat. Ayon kay Cimatu, dismayado siya dahil may ilang establisyimento pa rin ang patuloy na bigong kumonekta sa sewer lines ng Boracay Island Water Company at Boracay Tubi Systems Inc., sa kabila nang mga paalala sa […]
Ano nga bang mayroon sa Boracay at dinarayo ito ng napakaraming turista mula sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo? (Eagle News) — Noon, kapag sinabing Boracay, pinung-pinong buhangin at malinaw na tubig ng dagat lamang ang dapat mong asahan. Subalit ngayon, ang Boracay ay naging sentro na rin ng iba’t-ibang tourist activities, kung kaya’t higit itong nakilala sa buong mundo, kasabay ng pag-usbong ng social media. Bukod sa paglalakad sa pinong buhangin at pagtatampisaw sa dagat, […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Researchers warned Tuesday of a “troubling” accumulation of microplastics in sea ice floating in the Arctic ocean, a major potential source of water pollution as global warming melts the sheets of frozen water. A team from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) found 17 different plastic types in ice samples gathered during three Arctic expeditions on board the research icebreaker Polarstern […]
(Eagle News) — Nakahanda umano ang mga tauhan ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sakaling may mga magpo-protesta o manggugulo sa pansamantalang pagsasara ng Boracay. Ayon kay Commander Ramil Palabrica ng PCG Boracay, nakahandang umayuda ang kanilang mga tauhan sa pwersa ng Philippine National Police sa pangangalaga ng seguridad sa isla. Nais rin na matiyak na masusunod ang mga regulasyong ipapatupad habang nakasara ang isla sa mga turista. Dalawang barko at anim na karagdagang floating assets […]
