Rise of electric cars threatens Philippine forests
The transition to clean energy is pressuring mineral-rich countries like the Philippines and nickel mines to dig even more.
The transition to clean energy is pressuring mineral-rich countries like the Philippines and nickel mines to dig even more.
Banks in Asia and the Philippines are moving at a snail’s pace in defunding coal. At least 10 local banks...
Mindoro is the seventh largest island of the Philippines. It sits at the bottom of Luzon, where the country’s capital...
The women of Vietnam’s Yao ethnic minority continue to discover new uses for medicinal plants, even as they worry that...
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