Environment.

Local fishing communities across the country’s western seaboard—from the far north in Cagayan to the Ilocos provinces to Zambales and the Mindoro provinces have been rising up in…

Exposed to the city’s worst air, Baguio’s jeepney drivers are left to manage that risk on their own. But it’s the least of their worries.

A city known for fresh air still falls short of global health guidelines.

As the flood-control corruption scandal continues to unfold, a parallel story is taking shape along the country’s shorelines. A subsidiary of the state-owned China Communications…

As the Philippines confronts the climate crisis, activists argue that the urgency that once fueled the construction of coal plants to solve the power crisis of the 1990s must now…

Tycoon-led conglomerates hold the power to accelerate—or obstruct—the Philippines’ shift to clean and affordable electricity. They are pouring money into renewables but continue…

The Aboitiz Group is the country’s biggest power producer, based on July 2025 data from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). It was followed by San Miguel Corporation. Together…

In Villanueva, Misamis Oriental — where two coal-fired power plants dominate the skyline — residents live with health worries they’ve grown almost accustomed to. Many have accepted…

The government’s move to retire its last coal plant is expected to send a strong signal to private coal plant owners that the reign of fossil fuels is ending. Following the buyout…

Data from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) show that the Philippines has an installed generating capacity of 28,390 megawatts (MW) as of July 2025. Luzon accounts for the…

At the core of the resistance on the island are at least three indigenous families who have lived on Mariahangin for generations, primarily relying on fishing and agar-agar…

Marlo Mendoza is the architect of one of the world’s most ambitious regreening programs. His office at the University of the Philippines is crammed with books about trees and…

It is facing cost overruns and funding uncertainty even as the government has yet to renegotiate loan deal with China.

MWSS findings show the project would impact on some 2,492 households in Daraitan, Tanay.

As more disposal sites reach their limits, new ones are built to take in the country’s heaping trash, contradicting sustainable waste management practices and pledges.

Talks at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP 28 in Dubai may influence the government’s energy plan, which is expected to be released before the end of the…

As of Dec. 5, 2023, only 798 of the 4,000 enterprises covered by the law have registered their EPR program – which states the mode of recovery and volume of waste to be recovered…

The law that could change the way plastics are sold and disposed of in the Philippines — a country long known to have relied on plastic sachets for both convenience and necessity…

‘There are some companies, which may not have sustainability as a priority, that are still in denial that they are mandated to do the EPR law,’ says Crispin Lao, executive director…

Quezon City is paying an average of P1.6 billion annually for solid waste management. An imperfect new law mandating plastic producing companies to collect their materials – if…

Environmentalists have long called for a ban on single-use plastics, unconvinced that taxing the product would result in significant reduction of the country’s plastic waste.