Browsing by Subject "coal"

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    • Alert raised for coal contamination: Barge with 6,705MT of coal stuck in Antique waters at 'Seniang' height 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 4, 2015, on page A6)
      An alert has been raised over the possible contamination of the waters off Antique province by a cargo of more than 6,000 metric tons of coal in a barge that ran aground on Tuesday at the height of Tropical Depression ...

    • Aussie Reef 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, February 1, 2014, on page 6)
      The government agency that oversees Australia's great barrier reef on Friday approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of major coal port expansion - a decision that environmentalists say will ...

    • Caluya could be next tourism miracle 

      (Panay News, May 1, 2016, on page 1-15)
      This cluster of islets that comprise the only isolated municipality of Antique does not look as sad as it sounds. As every Antiqueño knows, "kaluya" means "sadness" in English. Through the initiative of Mayor Genevive Lim ...

    • 'Climate change may threaten $2.5 trillion in financial assets' 

      (Panay News, April 7, 2016, on page C5)
      Climate change can destroy assets directly through sea-level rise for example, by depreciating their value, or by disrupting economic activities lower down the chain through drought or freak storms. A lot of research has ...

    • Coal spill as barge runs aground 

      Silubrico, Ruby P. (Panay News, January 5, 2015, on page 1-12)
      A cargo vessel carrying 6,705 metric tons of coal ran aground in the waters off Barangay Balud, Tobias Fornier, Antique, spilling coal slurry. The grounding happened on Dec. 30, 2014, according to Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • DENR-EMB to conduct water samplings on coal spill site 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, January 6, 2015, on page 2-7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB-6) will conduct water sampling on the area in Antique province where a barge filled with coal ran aground last month. DENR-EMB ...

    • Fight climate change — it's good for your health 

      Garcia, Patricia; van den Hazel, Peter (BusinessWorld, June 1, 2015, on page S1/6)
      Governments often see climate change as too costly to address. In fact, it is too costly to ignore. That is why the World Health Organization (WHO), for example, has linked the prevention of disastrous climate change to ...

    • Fishers air support for Atimonan coal plant 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2018, on page A7)
      A group of fishermen expressed support for what could be the third coal power plant in the province of Quezon which several groups decried as another assault on the environment. Greg de Gracia, chair of the group of fishermen ...

    • Forego fuel reserves to limit climate change 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 9, 2015, on page A18)
      A third of the world's oil reserves, half of gas reserves and 80 percent of current coal reserves, should not be used in the coming decades of global warming is to stay below an agreed 2 degree Celsius target, scientists ...

    • Group warns of more environmental damage in Semirara 

      Baldomero, Ernan (Panay News, June 15, 2009, on page 13)
      A group composed of scientists, ecologists and environmentalists warned of further environmental destruction if the operation of the Semirara Mining Corp. (SMC) is not stopped. The group, composed of representatives from ...

    • Group: act on oil spill 

      (BusinessWorld, January 7, 2015, on page S1/11)
      Civil Society group Citizen Watch has called on authorities to act decisively on the reported coil spill off the coast of Antique after a coil barge from Semirara to Cebu ran aground at the height of typhoon Seniang some ...

    • Lake Sebu's coal 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 17, 2017, on page A13)
      Here’s the rub. Under Region 12’s land use plan, Ned is a watershed area. If mining goes irresponsibly, as what we have witnessed of late, people living in the barangay and close to it would hardly feel its implications. ...

    • Marine product exports still reeling from 'Yolanda' 

      Mateo, Wenceslao Jr. (The Daily Guardian, April 21, 2014, on page 1-2)
      Marine product exports from northern Iloilo remain tepid five months after Typhoon Yolanda despite assurances from the local and national governments that rehabilitation efforts are in effect. The 2014 first quarter report ...

    • New warning issued on climate change 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2016, on page B-9)
      According to scientists and environmentalist, the risk remains that the continued development of carbon-rich deposits around the world will harm the planet, increasing temperatures and negating all efforts at mitigating ...

    • Obama to unveil tougher climate change plan 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 4, 2015, on page A16)
      President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental ...

    • Possible coal, oil spill in Antique to be checked 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2015, on page 8)
      A team from the Environmental Management Bureau in Western Visayas ( EMB- 6), which is under the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-6) has been sent to Antique to check on any ...

    • Sea level rise accelerating 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2018, on page B8)
      Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows. At the current rate, the world's oceans on average will be at least 2 feet (61 centimeters) ...

    • Seaweed Farming in Caluya 

      (Panay News, March 4, 2018, on page 9)
      What if Semirara Island runs out of coal? Will Caluya cease to bask in its reputation as richest municipality of the Philippines? No because Caluya is now the fifth largest seaweed producer in the country.

    • Semirara vows to protect marine protected areas 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, November 18, 2016, on page B-12)
      Amid allegations of environment degradation, coal miner and power producer Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has committed to protect marine protected areas (MPA) surrounding its coal mines in Semirara Island in ...

    • Semirara: beyond mining 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, June 27, 2015, on page 1-3)
      The continued operation of a coal mining company in the island has allowed the local government to implement various projects and programs beneficial to the residents, according to Mayor Genevive Lim-Reyes. Aside from ...