Coal-fired power plants threaten lives, environment — Legarda

Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call on government to tap cleaner and less wasteful sources of energy, expressing alarm over the adverse environmental impacts of coal-fired power plants in the country.

Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, lauded the Aquino administration’s order to agencies of government to review the country’s energy policy, which may see the Philippines moving away from carbon-intensive coal power generation.

PHL Pavilion’s ‘Muhon’ Tackles Pressing Issues on Built Heritage Preservation

“Are we demolishing buildings before we have had the time to fall in love with them?”

This is the question posed by the curatorial team behind the Philippine Pavilion’s exhibition, Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City, for the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale.

Philippines Debuts in Venice Architecture Biennale with ‘Muhon’

Following the country’s successful re-entry to the Art Biennale in 2015, another milestone is achieved as the Philippines debuts in the 15thInternational Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia with the exhibition Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City.

Legarda Calls for More Aggressive Climate Action on 10th Year of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Senator Loren Legarda today renewed her call for more aggressive action to address the climate crisis during the 10th anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary film on Former US Vice President Al Gore’s campaign to educate people about global warming.

Legarda Hails Signing of Green Jobs Act

Senator Loren Legarda hailed the signing into law of the Green Jobs Act which offers tax incentives to companies that create green jobs or “employment that contributes to preserving or restoring the quality of the environment”.

Incentives include tax deductions and duty-free importation of equipment, in addition to fiscal and other incentives already granted by existing laws and government orders, issuances and regulations.