The Regional Development Council (RDC) is looking to tap the Pinipisakan Falls in Las Navas, Northern Samar for a hydro project in order to help alleviate the energy shortage the region is suffering that is resulting in blackouts. They have asked the Dept of Energy (DOE) to commission a P3M study which will guage its viability. The study is targeted to start this month and to finish by February of 2011.

With an available head of 21M, Initial inspection by the DOE says that the falls could hopefully generate 7MW.
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Thanks to Proclamation 1815 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last last June 23. 120,457 hectares of land in Palawan island was transformed into the Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape. Included in there of course is 6,800 ft Mt. Mantalingahan.

The proclamation includes provisions for protection of the area that include resource management, scientific monitoring, and zoning system. Also included are provisions for water and soil conservation and flood control.
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Boracay, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines owing to its fine white sand beaches that seem to stretch ages, promised to go a little bit greener as different stakeholders on the island signed a manifesto in support of making the island a little bit more climate friendly.

This project titled “Save the Climate, Save Boracay” has been a Greenpeace South East Asia initiative with the help of the municipality of Malay, Department of Tourism, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Boracay Foundation Inc, Boracay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Mother Earth Foundation.
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