Tag: Environment
ADB accountability on Philippine coal woes sought
An independent evaluation by the bank has revealed that it failed to align with climate imperatives in its funding decisions
Pope Francis renews warning against exploitation of nature
Whoever lives to exploit nature ends up exploiting people and treating them as slaves, pope says
Climate crisis threatens to displace more than a billion people by...
A study projects that 1.2 billion people from “countries least likely to cope with extreme ecological shocks” could be displaced
Infanta bishop says fight against building of dam a ‘matter of...
Bishop Bernardino Cortez of Infanta said the Kaliwa Dam project poses risks to lowland agricultural and fishing communities
Diocese of Baguio nakiisa sa pagdiriwang ng Season of Creation
Sa liham pastoral ni Bishop Victor Bendico, binigyang diin ang kasalukuyang nangyayari sa kalikasan na nakasasama sa daigdig
Catholic bishop says ‘beautification’ of Manila Bay ‘ill-timed’
Church leaders said the money allotted for the project could have been allocated to help those in need, especially those who lost their jobs
UN rights body urged to recognize ‘right to a safe environment’
Organizations around the world urge the UN human rights body to recognize the "human right of all" to a "sustainable environment”
Green groups hit Philippine government’s ‘tradeoff’ on mining
Church leaders invite proponents of mining to join the Christian community in the celebration of the Season of Creation
Interfaith groups hold coastal cleanup in Palawan
Bishop Socrates Mesiona of Puerto Princesa echoed Pope Francis’ call for the people to “care for Our Common Home”
We are ‘exhausting the natural world,’ pope warns
In his message nearing, the pope pointed out how God set aside the Sabbath so the land and its people could be rested and rejuvenated.
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