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Jane Fonda urges Vienna Opera to cut ties with fossil fuel firms

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 16 07:21 AM

US actress and activist Jane Fonda on Wednesday called on the Vienna Opera to end its partnerships with fossil fuel companies trying to "make themselves socially acceptable" by sponsoring cultural institutions while "killing the planet". Read more »

Cebu Pacific welcomes new A320neo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 05:22 PM

Cebu Pacific received another delivery of the A320neo that uses sustainable aviation fuel on Jan. 1 as part of its drive to boost its green fleet, it said on Tuesday. Read more »

Sunak to urge world leaders to go 'further, faster' on climate emergency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 09:13 AM

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders to move "further and faster" in transitioning away from damaging fossil fuels in a speech Monday to the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, his office said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 14, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 12:11 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

World Bank urged to distance from fossil fuel projects

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 04:04 PM

Climate activists called on the World Bank to refrain from financing fossil fuel projects and cancel the fossil fuel debts of developing countries. Read more »

SMC says ensuring power supply despite junked rate hike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 04:45 PM

SMC Global Power on Wednesday said it is committed to ensure that Meralco's energy supply is sufficient despite the Energy Regulatory Commission's denial of its proposed rate hike due to rising costs. Read more »

Renewables grow to meet global power demands, study shows

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 05 07:46 AM

Increases in renewables are so far acting to limit the amount that the world turns to fossil fuels to meet those extra needs. Read more »

DOH backs fossil fuel phaseout push

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 05:28 PM

The DOH on Tuesday expressed support to a proposal urging governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels. Read more »

Russia pockets $158 billion in energy exports after war: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 09:08 AM

Russia has raked in a whopping 158 billion euros ($158 billion) in energy exports in the 6 months following its invasion of Ukraine, with the EU accounting for more than half, a think tank said Tuesday. Read more »

Japan urged to stop financing fossil fuels

Jimmy Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 04:19 PM

Climate advocates stage a protest action in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, calling on the Japanese government and corporations to stop financing fossil fuels and the promotion of 'false solutions' to the climate crisis. Read more »

Meralco nagbabala ng posibleng rotational brownout, taas-singil

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 09:06 PM

Ito ay kung hindi mapagbigyan ang hirit ng Meralco at dalawang power plant na i-adjust ang kontrata para masalo ang pagtaas ng presyo ng fuel na nagpapatakbo sa mga planta. Read more »

Fossil fuel-free by 2050

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 11:28 AM

Bike riders join climate activists travel from Quezon City to Marikina City as part of coordinated cycling events across 11 countries in Asia on Sunday, urging governments and corporations to save the planet from climate catastrophe. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 2, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 12:06 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Climate activists protest at Sumitomo bank

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN news
Posted at Jun 02 01:56 PM

The protests seek to challenge SMBC, one of the top fossil fuel financiers in the world, to transition from traditional fossil fuel to clean energy. Read more »

Singil sa kuryente nagbabadyang tumaas pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 07:25 PM

Nanganganib na lalo pang tumaas ang singil sa kuryente bunsod ng patuloy na pagsirit ng presyo ng langis. Read more »

Cyclists call for end of fossil fuel use

Reiniel Pawid, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 08:34 AM

Cyclists and environmental advocates call for an end to the use of fossil fuels, one of the main drivers of global warming affecting countries. Read more »

Banks break pledges with fossil fuel billions: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 08:24 AM

Big banks continue to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuel extraction, contradicting their pledges to cut the carbon emissions driving deadly climate change, a report said Friday. Read more »

Ozone pollution costs Asia billions in lost crops: study

Gloria Dickie, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 06:42 AM

China alone is losing a third of its potential wheat production and nearly a quarter of rice yields as ozone disrupts plant growth. Read more »

PH urged to take 'urgent, concrete steps' in COP26 pledges

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 08:13 PM

The country was among more than 40 countries at COP26 that committed to shift away from the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. Read more »

UK turns pessimistic as COP26 misses deadline

Kelly Macnamara, Jitendra Joshi and Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 08:42 AM

Delegates from nearly 200 nations are tasked with keeping alive the 2015 Paris goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Read more »