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                    [ArticleID] => 602465
                    [Title] => Pushing for climate-change policies
                    [Summary] => 

Sharing a conversation with Red Constantino will take you from the main issues of the times to the vision of a utopian future of sustainability and all the possible steps in between.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133352 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1376964 [AuthorName] => Jeannie E. Javelosa [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 463572 [Title] => ADB to boost lending by $10 billion as crisis hits poor [Summary] =>

NUSA DUA, Indonesia – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will boost lending to the region’s poorest nations by more than $10 billion over two years, warning Saturday that the global economic crisis is jeopardizing the UN’s goal to halve poverty by 2020.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 463471 [Title] => Asia urged to rethink growth policies amid crisis [Summary] =>

BALI (AP) - Asia's governments must spend more on social safety nets and reduce their reliance on export-driven growth even as they grapple with an economic meltdown that will keep tens of millions trapped in poverty, finance officials said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-03 15:30:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304339 [Title] => Greenpeace ship makes first Asian stop in Puerto [Summary] => PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — Campaigning for cleaner energy sources in addressing global warming, the Rainbow Warrior, the world-famous flagship of Greenpeace, an international environment protection advocate, arrived in the Philippines yesterday by making its first stop in this city in recognition of its well-earned reputation as the environmental capital of the country.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179359 [Title] => Government warned of acid rain [Summary] => Greenpeace International warned the government yesterday that the continued operation of five coal-fired power plants in the country would cause "acid rainfall" in the future.

Testifying before the Senate committee on environmental and natural resources recently, Red Constantino, Greenpeace official for the Asia-Pacific region, said mercury being emitted by these plants will transform into gaseous substance which will ascend to the atmosphere.

The gaseous substance, he said, will descend in the form of acid rain.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173000 [Title] => Government urged to increase renewable energy target [Summary] => Continued reliance on coal energy for electricity would mean double punishment for the Philippines, as the country would have to pay not only for the cost of importing coal, but also for the consequences of burning coal, Greenpeace said.

Launching its report "Burning Our Future: The True Costs of Building Coal-Fired Power Plants and the Case for Renewable Energy Alternatives," Greenpeace called on the Philippine government to increase its renewable energy target by 10 percent by 2011 and reduce the volume of coal-fired power nationwide.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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