Only Plants, Not Trees Cut for Road Project -- QC
16 November 2004 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - NO TREES were sacrificed for the ongoing P32-million road-widening project of the Quezon City government in Panay Avenue.

Rats Destroy P83M in Sarangani Crops
12 November 2004 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - GENERAL SANTOS CITY, South Cotabato, Philippines -- Since last year, rodents have destroyed at least P83 million worth of agricultural products in Sarangani province, a provincial official said.

DA Admits El Niño to Slash Rice, Corn Output
12 November 2004 (The Manila Times) - The agriculture sector will have to forego at least 396,501 metric tons of rice and 164,785 MT of corn once the serious effects of the El Niño begin to manifest in the country.

DENR Fears More Woodcutters as Oil Prices Soar
11 November 2004 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - MILITANT groups leading the protest against the latest price increases of electricity and cooking gas warned that many households might eventually give up using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and resort to "the old-fashioned uling (charcoal) and panggatong (firewood)."

China in for Extreme Weather as Climate Change Felt
11 November 2004 (Reuters/Planet Ark) - BEIJING - China can expect more droughts, floods and other extreme weather as it struggles to balance rapid development with environmental concerns, a report on climate change released this week said.

Govt Readies P650M to Battle El Niño Impact
08 November 2004 (The Manila Times) - THE government plans to shell out some P650 million to combat the effects of the current El Niño phenomenon, which is seen to peak in the summer months next year, the Department of Agriculture said.

Putin Signs Up Russia for Kyoto Pact
08 November 2004 (Reuters/Planet Ark) - MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin gave his seal of approval for Russia's crucial backing of the Kyoto Protocol, clearing the way for the U.N. environment pact aimed at curbing global warming to come into force early next year.

IIncreasing Rice Prices Seen as Warning to Asia
08 November 2004 (Onlypunjab.com) - Agricultural scientists say a 40 percent increase in international prices of rice this year following production shortfalls is a reminder that "Asia's ability to feed itself cannot be taken for granted".

Air Pollution Link to Heart Disease
08 November 2004 (Guardian Unlimited) - Researchers reported a link yesterday between long-term air pollution and the early stages of artery disease in people long before they showed obvious symptoms.

Global Warming 'Will Redraw Map of World'
07 November 2004 (The Independent) - Maps of the world will have to be redrawn, as global warming melts the Greenland ice cap, inundating coasts and major cities, the Government's chief scientific adviser warned last week.

Road Plan Changes Stop Sacrifice of 1,839 Trees
05 November 2004 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines -- At least 1,839 trees were saved when the Bases Conversion Development Authority heeded the advice of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to re-route the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTE) within the Roosevelt National Park in Bataan.

Pollution Monitor Calls for Stronger Clean Air Act
05 November 2004 (The Manila Times) - THE group Bantay Usok on Thursday urged the House of Representatives to give priority to the amendments in the Clean Air Act to avoid loopholes in the law.

More Farmers Going Organic, Says Agri Exec
04 November 2004 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines -- More Benguet farmers are now using organic materials to enhance the yield of upland vegetables, said Adoracion Ceniza, chief of the Baguio pesticide analytical laboratory of the Bureau of Plant and Industry.

Flash Flood Warning Jolts Lucena
04 November 2004 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - ALMOST a month after noted geologist Kelvin Rodolfo warned that uncontrolled construction of deep-well pumps could trigger flash floods in low-lying areas, government officials in Lucena City in Quezon are embarking on a campaign to educate the people about the dangers of "land subsidence."

Endangered Species List Growing
04 November 2004 (Malaya Newspaper) - BANGKOK. - The world's list of endangered species is growing at an alarming and unprecedented rate as governments pay less and less attention to green issues, a major global environmental body said on Tuesday.

El Nino Reminder of Fragile Environment
03 November 2004 (China Daily) - As an unwelcome guest, El Nino is returning this year, according to sophisticated scientific surveillance.

Global Warming Has Arrived: Arctic Study
02 November 2004 (Oneworld) - WASHINGTON, D.C., – With only eight weeks left before the elves finish their work and Santa Claus mounts his sleigh, an eight-nation study on global warming co-sponsored by the United States has concluded that the North Pole is melting beneath St. Nick.

WB Choses San Fernando Dumpsite as Global Model
29 October 2004 (The Manila Times) - SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - The World Bank has chosen this city’s nine-hectare controlled dumpsite as the first model for small engineered sanitary landfill projects worldwide.

High Oil Prices Stir Gas Demand Doubts
29 October 2004 (The Manila Times) - PARIS - Booming world demand for natural gas could soon falter as gas prices rocket following a surge in world oil markets to record highs, industry executives and analysts said.

PNOC-EDC Launches P1.6-Million Coconut Plant
28 October 2004 (he Manila Times) - THE Philippine National Oil Company-Energy Development Corp. (PNOC-EDC) on Wednesday unveiled its small-scale coconut methyl ester (CME) plant at the PNOC Energy Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Diliman, Quezon City.