Everything has its cost, even #cleanenergy: we need to #consume less and reduce the population
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/12/clean-energy-demands-philippines-island-nickel-palawan-mining-environment-aoe #wildlife #phillippines
Everything has its cost, even #cleanenergy: we need to #consume less and reduce the population
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/12/clean-energy-demands-philippines-island-nickel-palawan-mining-environment-aoe #wildlife #phillippines
"Philippines mandates energy storage for renewables plants over 10 MW"

Department of Energy (DOE) order sets out new rules for mandatory energy storage, including a minimum capacity of at least 20% of the generating plant’s installed capacity. DOE also calls for energy storage systems (ESS) installations to have grid supporting capabilities, such as grid-forming inverters to help stabilize voltage and frequency.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is facing the International Criminal Court in The Hague as he stands accused of crimes against humanity. The ICC estimates up to 30,000 people died in the country’s drug war under his leadership. Read more from @dw
"Community Mangrove Reforestation Revives Coastal Forests in the Philippines"
#Phillippines #Trees #Environment
https://happyeconews.com/philippine-community-mangrove-reforestation/
#Manila, #Phillippines
People carry icons of the baby Jesus during the annual Santo Niño feast.
Photograph: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images
"What are transition credits? Philippines takes novel approach to coal phase-out"
The 30th U.N. climate change conference begins today in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem, located at the mouth of the Amazon River. The summit opens as a major typhoon hit the Philippines killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others. Typhoon Fung-wong hit as the Philippines is still recovering from Typhoon Kalmaegi which killed at least 224 people last week. Democracy Now! speaks with former Philippine climate negotiator Yeb Saño, chair of the Laudato Si’ Movement, who warns that global steps to stop the climate crisis are “too little and probably too late.”
"Study warns up to a quarter of Philippine vertebrates risk extinction"
The Philippines, long recognized as one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, could lose nearly a quarter of its unique land-dwelling vertebrate species unless urgent conservation action is taken, according to a new study. In a paper published in Science of The Total Environment, researchers assessed 1,294 species of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. […]