Tag Archives: pollution

Holding the Carbon Majors Accountable: Philippines Human Rights Commission investigates big polluters for their role in causing climate change

March 4, 2019accountability, carbon majors, cimate change, coal, fossil fuel, gas, ghg emissions, human rights, ocean acidification, oil, philippines, pollution, protestjfisch

By Graham Reeder On 22 September 2015, Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines), thirteen other non-profit organizations, disaster survivors, and notable individuals, with the support of tens of thousands of Filipinos, filed a petition before the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) against the world’s largest investor-owned carbon and cement producers, known as the ‘Carbon […]

How Can We Deal With Microplastics?

January 23, 2017NewsFisheries Act, microbeads, microplastics, pollutionPeter Little

By Peter Little Why should we care about microplastics? What are microplastics? The name itself gives a pretty good indication, as microplastics are simply tiny pieces of plastic. Microplastics are generally considered to be smaller than 5 millimeters and can come in a variety of shapes. The term microplastics is popping up more often because […]