Trees need to be compatible with their environment to maximize their ability to survive and influence urban air quality, a new study has suggested. Based on the findings, a team of Filipino scientists has come up with…
China has taken a step forward towards finding a solution to the country’s perennial pollution issue. According to National Business Daily, gasoline-operated taxis from the capital city of Beijing will now be phased out and replaced with…
Due to the deteriorating air quality in the metropolis, a pulmonologist suggested on Wednesday that traffic constables of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) be deployed to the streets for a maximum of only two hours to…
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen announced plans Friday to cut 30,000 jobs in a wide-ranging restructuring of its namesake brand as it tries to recover from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests. The…
According to the MMDA, 921 vehicles were inspected in the first quarter of 2016 under the agency’s anti-smoke belching campaign. Of the total, only 314 passed the smoke emission test. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research…
All that talk about the need to phase out the jeepney just can’t stop the King of Philippine Roads from evolving. A modernized, technologically enhanced fleet of passenger jeepneys will soon hit the streets, starting in Quezon…
THE AIR of Metro Manila is so bad angels would fear to land here, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez told a meeting of government officials and transport operators looking for solutions to the air pollution in the metropolis.…
Starting next month, electric tricycles will be plying the streets of Binondo and Malate as part of the Manila City government’s campaign to “combat air pollution and improve the livelihood of tricycle drivers and ‘colorum’ pedicab drivers.”…
Marine biologists were deeply saddened upon discovering 29 lifeless sperm whales around the shore of North Sea Island in Germany last week, and their grief heightened further after finding out what were inside the animals’ stomachs. According…
GREEN is in nowadays. As such, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. recently unveiled the successful upgrade of its oil refining facility in Tabangao, Batangas, through the STAR-TREC (Shell Tabangao Asset Renewal–Tabangao Refinery Euro-IV Compliance) project. Shell upgraded its…
