Scientists demand urgent and immediate action from the Marcos administration in ‘compounding disasters’ following oil spill, floods

PRESS STATEMENT 05 August 2024 Scientists demand urgent and immediate action from the Marcos administration in ‘compounding disasters’ following oil spill, floods AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People demands that the Marcos Jr. administration take urgent and immediate action and stop blatantly downplaying and neglecting the Read more…

Saribuhay sa Dampalit? Saribuhay ang pinampalit! On San Miguel’s biodiversity offset site in Bulacan

San Miguel Corporation (SMC)’s recent effort to build the country’s first biodiversity offset site is nothing short of greenwashing, with SMC touting to pass off the New Manila International Airport (Aerotropolis) project as sustainable all while actively disregarding the opposition of scientists and communities to the project due to its Read more…

Science advocates slam continuing reclamation activities in Manila Bay

AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slams continuing reclamation and associated dredging activities from Manila Bay despite verbal pronouncements of President Bongbong Marcos Jr. to suspend reclamation projects. On September 13, Wednesday, fisherfolk group PAMALAKAYA reported that dump-and-fill activities continue in Navotas City. The fisherfolk group Read more…

Scientist group expresses solidarity with fisherfolk amid concerns over Japan’s nuclear wastewater release to Pacific Ocean

Scientist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People expressed their solidarity with fisherfolk who protested in front of the Japanese Embassy on Saturday, August 26, against the release of nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. According to the group, Read more…