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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Wind and solar power could meet 80 percent of US demand for electricity, as long as improvements are made in transmission and storage, researchers said Tuesday. Until a few years ago, these renewable energy sources were thought to be capable of supplying only about 20-30 percent of US needs, according to the report in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. Currently, the United States gets about two-thirds of its electricity […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday, February 24 conducted a citronella planting and clean-up drive in Pasong Elementary School in Quezon City, as part of the activities of EBC to mark its 50th anniversary this year. The event was participated in by the employees of the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation together with the teachers, students and department heads of the Pasong Tamo Elementary School. EBC’s clean-up drive and citronella planting […]
(Eagle News) – Iimbestigahan ng Committees on Environment and Natural Resources gayundin ng Tourism and Finance ang epektong dulot ng polusyon sa isla ng Boracay sa ika-dalawa ng Marso. Una rito, sinabi ni Environment Committee Chairman Cynthia Villar na magsasagawa muna sila ng pag-iinspeksyon sa lugar para personal na makita ang kasalukuyang sitwasyon doon. Kabilang sa mga makakasama ni Sen. Villar ay sina Sen. Nancy Binay at Sen. Loren Legarda maging sina Sen. Sonny Angara, […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu gave the mission team of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources six months to restore and rehabilitate Boracay. “The mission of the team is to rehabilitate and restore Boracay in becoming a paradise again. We are given six months by the President,” he said. “We will be using all DENR assets and personnel to do this job. Those who will be deployed will be […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Boracay may be placed under a “state of calamity” if the island’s pollution problem is not resolved soon. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said that the idea was floated by Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año. Cimatu visited the island and was not happy with what he found. Cimatu said that many structures and business establishments were found well within the 30-meter easement from the shoreline, where buildings and […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan is planning a blanket ban on single-use plastic items including straws, cups and shopping bags by 2030, officials said Thursday, with restaurants facing new restrictions from next year. It is the latest push by Taiwan to cut waste and pollution after introducing a recycling program and charges for plastic bags. The island’s eco-drive has also extended to limiting the use of incense at temples and festivals to protect public health. […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — All the world’s wild horses have gone extinct, according to a study Thursday that unexpectedly rewrites the horse family tree based on a new DNA analysis of their ancestry. What most people thought were the last remaining wild horses on Earth — known as Przewalski’s horses — were actually domesticated horses that escaped their owners, said the report in the journal Science. “This was a […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — More than half the world’s oceans are being fished by large commercial vessels, particularly from China, according to the first view from space of global fishing practices published Thursday. The report in the journal Science used satellite data to track industrial fishing and found that 55 percent of the world’s oceans — and possibly more — are being exploited by big fishing operations. Some parts […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey set off on Wednesday to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that has lain hidden under an ice shelf for up to 120,000 years. The BAS said that an iceberg known as A68 broke off from the Larsen Ice Shelf in July 2017, revealing a section of seabed measuring 5,818 square kilometers (2,245 square miles) — nearly four times the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang mga iligal na umookupa sa forest land ng Boracay ang susunod na magiging target ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Ayon sa DENR, 174 na show-cause orders na ang nalagdaan at nakatakdang ilabas sa mga illegal forest occupant na nasa forest land ng Boracay. Sabi ni DENR-Western Visayas Regional Director Jim Sampulna, mula noong Hulyo nang nakaraang taon, umabot na sa 842 ang iligal na umookupa […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore said Monday it would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on climate change take effect. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the tax would be levied on all facilities producing 25,000 tons or more of greenhouse gas emissions a year. The tax, to be applied to all sectors, will be Sg$5.0 ($3.8) per ton of […]
BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) — Sa hinaharap, maaari nang mamasyal sa bagong diskubre na kweba sa Baguio City. Kapag ito ay pormal nang binuksan ng City Government of Baguio para gawing isang tourist spot ay papangalanan itong Bilis Cave. Ayon kay Baguio City councilor Leandro Yangot Jr., kailangan munang magawan ng mga guidelines bago pormal na buksan sa publiko ang lugar upang maingatan at mapanatili ang kagandahan at kalinisan nito.
