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Why sustainable development is so damn hard: Philippines edition
Subsidized power leads to energy waste |
Joseph Romm |
03 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo spoke at the opening plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative. Unintentionally, her remarks illustrated the challenge of sustainable development. First the good news -- green power: We are endowed with geothermal power and it fits very well with our Green Philippines program. We want to use clean energy, we want to have energy independence, and geothermal power gives us clean energy and energy independence. Just befor ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, Philippines, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Spill 'er Up!
Oil spills from Japanese and Philippine tankers |
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15 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Spill 'er Up! Oil spills from Japanese and Philippine tankers It's been an oil-spillarific few days. A Japanese tanker, en route from Jordan, collided yesterday with a distressed cargo ship and spilled about 1.4 million gallons of crude into the eastern Indian Ocean. The ship's owner claims the spill has been contained and there's no need to clean it up, as the oil will naturally dispe ... |
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| Topics: energy, Indian Ocean, Japan, Mediterranean, news, oil, Philippines (all these topics) |
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Philippine Philippic
Illegal logging in Philippines contributes to flood devastation |
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03 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Philippine Philippic Illegal logging in Philippines contributes to flood devastation Recent storms in the Philippines have wreaked havoc on the country, with hundreds killed or missing in landslides and floods, and enviros and government officials are both taking aim at what they call a principal culprit: illegal logging. Though unusually high rainfall and the geography of the region contributed to flooding, it didn't help that forest ... |
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| Topics: logging, Philippines (all these topics) |
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Lava Actually
Philippines turn to volcanoes and wind for energy |
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15 Sep 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Lava Actually Philippines turn to volcanoes and wind for energy The Philippines is positioned to become a significant producer of renewable energy -- which is a good thing, as the country is currently saddled with a $61 billion national debt, a growing oil-importation bill, and an increasing appetite for energy. Currently, geothermal and hydropower provide a third of the nation's electricity output, but there's potential for ... |
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| Topics: Philippines, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Anti-Burning Man
Von Hernandez sparked a mass movement to keep trash incinerators out of the Philippines |
Michelle Nijhuis |
15 Apr 2003 |
Main Dish |
| The industrialized world is fond of exporting its problems: its toxic waste, its low-paying jobs, its most incorrigible mining and logging companies. Von Hernandez, the coordinator of Greenpeace International's Toxics Campaign in Asia, says "dirty technology" -- especially large-scale waste incineration -- is also being shipped away to developing coun ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, interview, Philippines (all these topics) |
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BK Whopper
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19 Jul 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| BK Whopper Eighteen months ago, throngs of Filipinos gathered at a religious shrine for a rally that ended in the resignation of corrupt then-president Joseph Estrada. The massive turnout was widely attributed to mobile texting, with hundreds of thousands of Filipinos passing along messages encouraging people to attend. Now, the cell-phone-happy people of the Philippines are turning to ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, Philippines (all these topics) |
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