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Published March 15, 2021, 3:01 PM Remember last year when clearer skies and lessened air pollution resulting from the strict lockdown in Metro Manila made headlines? Sustainability think-tank Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) suggests that this is no longer the case as the “alarming lack of measures to address air pollution has allowed air quality to spike back to pre-COVID (coronavirus disease) levels.” (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “COVID-19 appeared to have given natur...

New int’l coalition calls on ADB to stop fossil fuel financing Staff Correspondent 3rd March, 2021 10:57:40 Civil society organizations and peoples movements from Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia have launched a “Fossil Free ADB” campaign to pressure the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to end its financing and support for gas, coal and oil. The international coalition in a statement on Wednesday called on ADB to use its energy policy review to demonstrate meaningful climate leader...