The Philippines previously froze nuclear program over safety fears New order says nuclear can help as coal power phased out Duterte orders study on Bataan nuclear plant reopening Greenpeace warns Continue Reading
The disputed South China Sea may soon see an escalation in tensions over oil drilling rights between China and the Phillippines, according to Phillippine President Rodrigo Duterte who spoke to Continue Reading
Shell’s Philippines unit will suspend refining operations at its 110,000-bpd refinery in the country for a month starting in the middle of May, due to the dramatic plunge in fuel Continue Reading
News coming out of the Philippines is that yet another group of companies is trying to be the first to build a working liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Continue Reading
The Philippines said today that the country had short listed three different groups to build and operate its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and hopes to choose one Continue Reading
The Philippines is trying to curb its inflation running at five-year highs by ordering the companies to make available for sale cheaper but dirtier fuel, backtracking on a ban on Continue Reading
U.S. supermajor Chevron Corp. said Monday it was departing from the Asian geothermal sector with the regional sale or planned sales of its subsidiaries. For an undisclosed sum, the company Continue Reading
WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Amid the devastating destruction of Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines has called for immediate action on climate change. In an emotional speech Monday at the opening of the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, Yeb Sano, commissioner for the Philippines climate change commission and head of the Philippines delegation, called the climate crisis “madness” and said he would refuse to eat until progress is made. During the two-week meeting, representatives from some 190 countries aim to forge a new global climate agreement that will take effect in 2020. “In solidarity with my countrymen who are struggling to find food back home, I will now commence a voluntary fasting for the climate” during the meeting “until a meaningful outcome is in sight,” Sano said. “What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness, the climate crisis is […]
