Philippine Weather Bureau (PAGASA) warned today that summer temperatures could hit 40′C. They recommended to the public to always bring an umbrella to use to block off the sun, wear sunscreen if you can and bring bottles of water to hydrate oneself. The heat is expected to be the worst between 10AM to 3PM of the day.
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A dark day for scientists fighting global warming as the almost $300 M satellite that was supposed to have been used to map the amount of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere suffered a malfunction during lift off.
According to the press release by NASA:
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Reacting to Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s bill proposing to reopen the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power plant, Greenpeace submitted a position paper to the Chamber opposing the measure and batting instead for renewable energy.
Greenpeace’s paper states that:
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Philippine Climate Change Adviser, Heherson Alvarez, announced that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered for the convening of a conference that seeks to tackle ways to cut carbon emissions and combat climate change.
The forum will be called “Carbon Cutting Congress versus Climate Change” and will be held on Nov. 20 in Malacañang Palace.
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Former Dept of Environment and Agrarian Reform Head, Heherson Alvarez, was appointed presidential adviser to the President on Climate Change. Aside from holding cabinet level positions, he was also a former senator of the Philippine Senate serving in 87 and 92.
I’m not sure how presidential advisers go, but I think they hold rank and privilege similar to cabinet level officials. I’m not sure either if they have to go through the Appointment Committee’s of the Legislative branch in order to be approved. Either way, his previous positions qualify him enough for his current job.
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In order to combat global warming, Philippine Department of Education Secretary, Jesli Lapus, penned Department Education order No. 33, directing all public and private schools to conduct annual tree-panting, tree-growing, and tree-caring activities in their campuses and nearby communities. Also in the directive was an order to not cut down any trees in schools.
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