Green News Dispatch

20/04/2026

20/04/2026

April 22, 2026 - This Earth Day, we demand accountability.

Join ELAC and partners as we raise urgent concerns over mining-linked tree-cutting permits in Palawan and call for a Senate investigation in aid of legislation.

When forests, watersheds, and communities are at stake, public silence is not an option.

April 22, 2026 | 2:00 PM
Mc Coy's Pizza House
Barangay San Miguel
Puerto Princesa City

Watch FB Live coverage: Environmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. - ELAC

20/04/2026

20/04/2026

🇧🇷⏩🇵🇭 COP30 CIVIL SOCIETY REPORT NOW AVAILABLE!

In commemoration of 🌎 Day, Aksyon Klima Pilipinas announces its newest publication, the "COP30 CIVIL SOCIETY REPORT", a visual and verbal documentation of the perspectives and actions of Philippine delegates from civil society and representatives of the most climate-vulnerable communities during the 2025 UN climate negotiations in Belem, Brazil.

This also serves as documentation of the work of climate and environmental advocates that presents what you can do to address the crises facing our one and only Earth, today and for every other day.

Read the report here 👉 https://aksyonklima.org.ph/cop-civil-society-reports/

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20/04/2026

PRESS RELEASE | Groups Call for Further Monitoring and Investigation as Toxic Smoke from Navotas Landfill Persists

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With Earth Day 2026 approaching, environmental and health advocates are seeking an expanded investigation into air quality as toxic smoke continues to billow from the Navotas Sanitary Landfill fire, posing serious health risks and threatening the legally protected right to clean air.

The 40-hectare landfill was gutted by fire on April 10 and has been emitting smoke since then, affecting the air quality, particularly in some areas in Metro Manila, Bulacan, and Bataan.

“The situation is serious, it is not yet resolved, and it is not confined to Navotas. The communities that need protection most are those who have been breathing this air the longest, and who had the fewest choices about doing so,” observed Dr. Geminn Louis Apostol, Program Head – Environmental Health, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Research and Innovation (ACRI).“Our network of over 90 sensors in Breathe Metro Manila has been tracking air quality continuously since the fire broke out on April 10, and the data tell a story that should concern all of us. The worst readings we have recorded were not during the fire; they were recorded this week. Air quality in several cities, including areas far from the landfill itself, has deteriorated further rather than improved,” he said.

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