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100% Renewable Energy Is Goal For Philippines Province Palawan
2013-11-07 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: Palawan is one of the Philippines natural wonders, with many tourists visiting every year. The island province is not connected to the national grid and depends upon imported diesel and bunker fuel to generate electricity. These fuels are known to have significant emissions and can contribute to noxious air pollution. Additionally, blackouts and brownouts have been too common, and some residents don`t have access to reliable electricity sources. Power also costs about twice much in Palawan as...
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Philippines adopts ISDB-T (again)
2013-11-05 15:00:07| Digital TV News
The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission has issued a circular formally adopting ISDB-T as the broadcasting standard for digital terrestrial television in the country.
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Philippines: Mindanao needs more climate-adaptation investments
2013-10-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Mirror: Funding is urgently needed to finance climate-change adaptation initiatives in Mindanao given the increasing vulnerability of the region to extreme weather disturbances. The impact of extreme weather events are particularly severe, especially on the people of Mindanao, a region that is reeling at the same time from conflict and extreme poverty, Justin Morgan, country director of Oxfam in the Philippines, said during a forum held on Friday. He said Mindanao has recently been experiencing strong...
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Philippines: To fight climate change, Mindanao's farmers look to agroforestry
2013-10-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GMA Network: As farmers suffer the brunt of global warming's relentless advance, agroforestry seems a viable technique for a better quality and higher yield of harvest despite worsening climate conditions. Around 400 farmers in Columbio and Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, and 400 more farmers from Lanuza, Surigao del Sur are looking into agroforestry to cope with diverse forms of economic shocks and climate vulnerabilities, said Dante A. Dalabajan, Project Manager of Oxfam's Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities...
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Construction Week: Earthquake Hits Central Philippines; Housing Economist Shares Nobel Prize
2013-10-16 23:16:12| ENR.com: Headline News
An earthquake kills scores in the central Philippines, and the Nobel Prize for Economics goes to an economist best-known for his housing statistics.
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