Massive Disaster Relief for Victims of Typhoon Sendong Launches
Asianweek, News Report, Posted: Dec 26, 2011
ABS CBN Foundation International launches an international disaster relief effort for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in Mindanao island, the southern region of the Philippines, through Sagip Kapamilya.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Philippine Flood Disaster was Foretold
Inquirer.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Environmentalists predicted flooding in the Philippines three years ago, but the warning was ignored.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page
Tags: flooding, philippinesflood
Local Official Blames Illegal Logging for Floods in Southern Philippines
GMA News, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
Cagayan de Oro City's mayor blames illegal logging in the Southern Philippine mountains for causing the fatal flash floods in the region in the wake of Typhoon Sendong.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Front Page, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: Filipino flood victims, illegal logging, Philippine floods, Philippines, Southern Philippines, Typhoon Sendong, Typhoon Washi
Philippine Floods: Deadly Mix for Disaster
INQUIRER.net, News Report, Posted: Dec 18, 2011
The absence of a flood warning, high tide, darkness and a false sense of security proved disastrous for people of northern Mindanao when Tropical Storm “Sendong” came over the weekend.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: darkness and a false sense of security proved disastrous for people of northern Mindanao when Tropical Storm “Sendong” came over the weekend., high tide, The absence of a flood warning
NYC Public Schools Compete to Become Greenest
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 13, 2011
With public schools accounting for a quarter of New York City's energy use, city officials are tapping students to help it save energy.
Categories: Environment, Top Stories
Tags: carbon footprint, energy efficiency, green, Green Labs, New York City public schools, savings
Nepal Climate Loans Violate 'Polluter Should Pay' Principle
Inter Press Service, News Report, Posted: Dec 09, 2011
The Nepalese government agreed to a $110 million loan on climate change, but ecologists object that the loan is unnecessary and too costly.
Categories: Asian, Environment, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: climatechange, climatetalks, durban, environment, nepal, pollution, southafrica, worldbank
SC Edison, Tribes Fight Over Revenues from Shuttered Coal Power Plant
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011
Navajo and Hopi leaders petitioned California regulators to distribute proceeds from the ongoing sale of pollution credits to fund tribal-owned renewable energy projects.
Categories: Environment, Indigenous, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: carboncredits, coal, energy, environment, hopi, indiancountry, navajo, reservation, southerncaliforniaedison, triballand
Older Chinese Riled by Proposed SF Bag Fee
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2011
A proposal to extend a ban on single use plastic bags to all businesses in San Francisco has some in the Chinese community worried.
Categories: Asian, Chinese, Elders, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: chinatown, chinese, davidlee, economy, environment, mirkarimi, plasticbags, sanfrancisco