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Argentina lake turns pink due to pollution

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 08:45 AM

TRELEW, Argentina - A lagoon in Argentina's southern Patagonia region has turned bright pink in a striking, but frightful phenomenon experts and activists blame on pollution by a chemical used to preserve prawns for export. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 22, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 11:56 PM

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

Picking up plastic litter

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 02:58 PM

A woman collects plastic waste washed up near their temporary shelter along the shores of Manila bay in Pasay City on Thursday. Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Dirty air makes COVID worse, beta variant deadlier than original

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 07:59 AM

Dirty air contributes to COVID-19 severity, according to a study from one of America's most polluted cities.  Read more »

Amid smog in capital region, gov't urged to improve 'outdated' air quality monitoring

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 10:25 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)— Environment group Greenpeace on Wednesday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to upgrade its “outdated” air quality monitoring system, as volcanic smog from Taal reached the Metro Manila and other provinces. Read more »

DENR rejects non-profit org's study on Pasig River's pollution levels

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 12:44 PM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has rebutted the outcome of a study conducted by a nonprofit organization, Ocean Cleanup, regarding the status of waste in Philippine waters.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 29, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 11:52 PM

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

Smog blankets parts of Metro Manila

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN New
Posted at Jun 29 06:17 PM

Smog continues to cover the Metro Manila skyline seen from Manila City on Tuesday. Read more »

TINGNAN: 'Haze' sa ilang bahagi ng Metro Manila

Bayan Mo, I-Patrol Mo
Posted at Jun 29 04:05 PM

Kita sa mga larawan ng ilang mga netizens ang “haze” o malabong kapaligiran sa ilang mga lugar sa Metro Manila nitong Lunes. Read more »

Phivolcs: 'Haze' in capital region due to 'human activities,' not Taal volcanic smog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 02:53 PM

"As such, the haze that is being experienced in the NCR may be mainly due to smog, or industrial air pollution, rather than vog, although we cannot completely rule out additional [sulfur dioxide] albeit very minor at this point," Phivolcs said. Read more »

Trash trap

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 12:42 PM

Personnel from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) install trash trap at one of the tributaries of Estero Tripa de Gallina near Tramo Bridge along Aurora Ave., Barangay 156, Pasay City on Monday. Read more »

'One less straw at a time': McDonald's Philippines says strawless lids now used in select stores

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 04:19 PM

McDonald's Philippines on Friday said it is testing the use of strawless lids for its cold drinks in select stores in a bid to reduce wastes by minimizing the need for straws. Read more »

Philippines contributes to over one-third of world's ocean plastic waste - study

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 09:38 PM

The Philippines has contributed to a third of the plastic wastes that ended up in the world's oceans, with the Pasig River identified as the top plastic pollution source, a study has revealed. Read more »

Global plastics production falls for first time since 2008

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 05:40 PM

PARIS - Global plastics production declined in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, only the third time since World War II that output has fallen, an industry body said Thursday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 9, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 11:45 PM

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

Sea snot threatens to choke Sea of Marmara

Mehmet Caliksan, Reuters
Posted at Jun 09 05:33 PM

In an aerial view, ‘sea snot’ or marine mucilage, a thick slimy layer of organic matter, is seen spreading through the Sea of Marmara, posing a threat to marine life and the fishing industry, in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday. Read more »

Face masks add to sea pollution at popular Batangas dive site

Peter Blaza, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 07 10:03 PM

BAUAN - The coronavirus pandemic is adding a new unwelcome element to sea pollution off the town of Bauan, a popular dive site in the Philippines' Batangas province. Read more »

Antas ng polusyon sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Manila Bay susukatin ng DENR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 08:18 PM

Ininspeksyon ang mga barko at iba pang sasakyang dagat na nakadaong sa Manila Bay na nagtatapon ng maruming tubig na nagiging sanhi ng polusyon. Read more »

Face masks, plastic nakolekta ng mga ‘scubasurero’ sa underwater cleanup sa Cavite

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 08:12 PM

Isinagawa ang malawakang cleanup sa iba-ibang bahagi ng 100-kilometrong coastline ng probinsya na may bahagi ng Manila Bay. Read more »

Polusyon ng mga barko sa Manila Bay, ininspeksyon ng DENR at Coast Guard

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 03:51 PM

Aminado ang kapitan ng isang barko na itinatapon na lang nila sa dagat ang kanilang mga dumi dahil ito na ang kanilang matagal nang nakasanayan.   Read more »