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Gov't to fast-track use of electric vehicles – Paje

Friday, 03 December 2010 11:15

By ELLALYN B. DE VERA, Manila Bulletin

December 1, 2010, MANILA, Philippines – To significantly decrease air pollution, the Philippine government is crafting a roadmap to fast-track the development of electric vehicles in the next five years.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje, said tapping the full potential of electric vehicles or e-vehicles will help address the country’s road side air quality, particularly in the metropolis.

“The pollution problem in Metro Manila can be reduced through this. Our proposal is to reduce Metro Manila’s pollution by 30 percent by 2011,” he said.

Electric vehicle program gets boost from summit

Thursday, 25 November 2010 03:05

by Ayen Infante for The Daily Tribune

November 25, 2010 - Pledges from leading figures from the private sector, the government, non-government organizations (NGOs) and the academe to scale up and accelerate electric vehicle development were made during the conclusion yesterday of the country’s first electric vehicle summit.

Photo: VP Binay delivers the keynote address of the summit

PNoy lauded for replacing Alvarez as CCC vice chair

Wednesday, 24 November 2010 07:53

November 22, 2010 - A nonprofit group actively working with government to shape fair climate change and sustainable development policies in the Philippines praised President Benigno Aquino III for replacing former Sen. Heherson Alvarez as vice chairman of the Climate Change Commission (CCC).

Electric vehicle summit to create industry road map

Monday, 22 November 2010 04:38

MANILA, November 18, 2010 — For the first time ever, the various stakeholders in the electric vehicle industry in the Philippines will hold the 1st Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit to assess the country’s EV industry, the consumers’ readiness to adopt the EV technology and see how to grow the domestic EV industry.

‘People’s Survival Fund’ Bill pushed to help victims of climate change

By Gina Abuyuan, Yahoo! Southeast Asia

November 18, 2010, SURIGAO CITY, Surigao – The subject of the film “An Inconvenient Truth,” an award-winning documentary about global warming and the man who made it a buzzword, ex-U.S. vice president Al Gore, is more than a conversation piece here in Mindanao.