Environment
SM honored for going beyond plastic law compliance
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has awarded the SM Group for its strong support of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Program aimed at cutting plastic waste.
70,000 fingerlings released at La Mesa Ecopark to help restore waterways
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources – National Capital Region (BFAR-NCR), together with the Manila Water Foundation (MWF), released 70,000 fingerlings at the spillway of La Mesa Ecopark in Quezon City.
DENR moves to speed up land titling for millions of Filipino families
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has introduced new rules to make residential land titling faster, fairer, and more accessible to millions of Filipinos. Under DENR Administrative Order No. 2025-35, the agency overhauls the residential free patent system, aiming to reduce delays that have long affected family inheritance, infrastructure projects, and land dispute resolution.
President Trump scraps EPA climate findings
In a move that could redraw the map of global climate governance, the Environmental Protection Agency has rejected its 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare, a scientific and legal cornerstone that has underpinned US climate policy for more than a decade.
Gov’t launches five-year plan to protect the Philippine Rise
The government has launched a five-year initiative to protect the Philippine Rise, an undersea plateau vital to the country’s marine resources, food security, and national security.
