Tag: Environment
Philippine bishops call for stop to controversial dam project
Critics of the dam project forecast the displacement of 11,000 families living across the 28,000 hectares of land that are affected
Philippine bishop calls for accountability on ‘ecological sins’ at start of...
We are tasked as stewards of the earth, Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos says
SPOTLIGHT: Air pollution an increasing burden in Southeast Asia
Public wrestles with the downside of economic growth and growing energy demand
Catholic bishops call on Philippine banks to end financing coal
The country's Catholic bishops made the divestment campaign one of their major action points on ecology and climate emergency
Standing up for the environment in the Philippines
Irresponsible mining goes on unabated in various parts of the country
Amid hydropower boom, Laos streams ahead on latest Mekong dam
Laos' unprecedented dam-building boom has seen around 50 dams built in the last 15 years, with at least 50 more under construction
Mindanao dioceses reestablish campaign against mining
Faith-based and pro-environment groups vow to oppose destructive mining until the government revokes agreements with mining companies
Bottles for blessings: Thai Buddhist temple recycles plastics into robes
Temple tries to tackle country's massive plastic waste problem
Red scare: Pro-environment Filipino priest decries communist smear
Banners accusing some members of the clergy of being communists were posted along a highway in the northern Philippines
India seeks to end ‘degrading’ manual cleaning of sewers, septic tanks
Critics say practice bound up in India's caste system