Read more about the article Davao jeeps, garbage trucks running on ‘used cooking oil’
BIODIESEL FUEL. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Kazuyuki Nakane pose beside a public utility jeepney that uses biodiesel. The biodiesel fuel plant in Maa, Davao City was formally launched on Friday, Aug. 25. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Davao jeeps, garbage trucks running on ‘used cooking oil’

That cooking oil you no longer use in the kitchen could fuel vehicles and mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Read more about the article Group urges Duterte: uphold open-pit mining ban
President Rodrigo Duterte (Rene B. Lumawag/Presidential Photo)

Group urges Duterte: uphold open-pit mining ban

A network of development organizations urge President Rodrigo Duterte to “put words into action” by upholding a current policy on the ban of open-pit mining, which they say government mining regulators have recently stated to reverse.

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Read more about the article Philippine eagle center sets up measures for guests’ safer visit amid bird flu outbreak
(Photo grabbed from ?Philippine Eagle Foundation Facebook page)

Philippine eagle center sets up measures for guests’ safer visit amid bird flu outbreak

This is the ?latest ?Philippine Eagle Center ?advisory as it ?steps up safety measures to protect the endangered Philippine Eagle and other birds endemic in Mindanao?,? announc?ing?? ?also ?the opening of the center after the temporary closure due to the threat of the avian flu virus outbreak in Pampanga.

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Read more about the article PHL’s eagle center in Davao closes temporarily due to avian flu outbreak
WINGSPAN. A white-bellied sea eagle, Haliaeetus Leucogaster, shows its mighty wings at the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Baguio District, Davao City. The center is currently home to 36 Philippine Eagles, 18 of which are captive-bred; 10 other species of birds, four species of mammals and two species of reptiles. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

PHL’s eagle center in Davao closes temporarily due to avian flu outbreak

The Philippine Eagle Foundation saw the avian flu outbreak in Pampanga as an “extreme danger” to the endangered Philippine Eagle prompting the agency to implement a two-day temporary closure at the Philippine Eagle Center.

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Read more about the article DENR chief told: make biodiversity conservation regulations mandatory for mining firms
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu (PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)

DENR chief told: make biodiversity conservation regulations mandatory for mining firms

Biodiversity conservation regulations should be mandatory and not voluntary to all mining firms operating in the country, an environmental advocacy group said on Tuesday, Aug. 1.

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