AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749 , ENTITLED 'THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999'

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SUSTAINABILITY, LEGALITY, AND POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS OF THE PHP 389 MILLION MANILA BAY BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) AND THE POSSIBLE LIABILITY OF ERRING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

AN ACT IMPOSING A TOTAL BAN ON THE IMPORTATION OF WASTE AND ITS BY-PRODUCTS OR RESIDUES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO REVISIT THE MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO THE MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF WATERSHED AREAS IN THE COUNTRY

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS IN ALL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE MASSIVE FLOODING CAUSED BY WATER RELEASES FROM DAMS TRIGGERED BY THE SUCCESSIVE TYPHOONS AND CONTINUOUS RAINS IN THE LUZON ISLAND WITH THE END VIEW OF IDENTIFYING NEEDED GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS, ENVIRONMENT REHABILITATION, AND POSSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS TO PREVENT SIMILAR DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING SUSTAINABLE COASTAL TOURISM, PROVIDING MECHANISMS FOR ITS INSTITUTIONALIZATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMMEDIATE, PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE MAN-MADE CAUSES OF THE SEVERE FLOODINGS IN THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON ULYSSES (INTERNATIONAL NAME: VAMCO), PARTICULARLY IN THE CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION, THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, AND THE CITY OF MARIKINA, IN ORDER TO INSTITUTIONALIZE DURABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND INTER-GENERATIONAL MEASURES AGAINST FLOODING AND TYPHOON-RELATED DAMAGE

AN ACT REQUIRING MANDATORY ENVIRONMENT INSURANCE COVERAGE TO PROMOTE ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED MAN-MADE DISASTER FOLLOWING THE ONSLAUGHT OF TYPHOON ULYSSES

AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING IN CAGAYAN VALLEY AND ISABELA DUE TO THE ONSLAUGHT OF TYPHOON ULYSSES

AN ACT BANNING THE CATCHING, SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, AND EXPORTATION OF ALL SHARKS AND RAYS OR ANY PART THEREOF IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE RECENT RECORD-HIGH FLOODING IN CAGAYAN AND OTHER AREAS IN LUZON IN THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON ‘ULYSSES’ WITH THE END VIEW OF IDENTIFYING AND IMPROVING ANY GAPS IN THE GOVERNMENT’S DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RISK RESPONSE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A LIST OF LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND AREAS AT HIGH RISK FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION AND OTHER CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR ITS REGULAR UPDATING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DENUDED STATE OF FORESTS AND WATERSHEDS AS WELL AS THE APPARENT HEAVY SILTATION ON RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES, WHICH LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE MASSIVE FLOODING IN LUZON DURING THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE RECENT TYPHOONS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRY'S FOREST COVER AND WATERWAYS IN ORDER TO MITIGATE, IF NOT ALTOGETHER AVOID, THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 972, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1174, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1976' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF ECOTOURISM SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PRESERVATION, REFORESTATION, AFFORESTATION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MANGROVE FORESTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROLIFERATION OF COAL POWER PLANTS IN THE COUNTRY DESPITE THE PHILIPPINES BEING A SIGNATORY TO THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND THE PRESIDENT’S CALL FOR DRASTIC CUTS IN CARBON EMISSIONS

AN ACT REQUIRING THE RECYCLING AND UTILIZATION OF RECYCLED MATERIALS BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, IN CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, TO COME UP WITH A CONCRETE PLAN ON THE PROPER HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINATION MEDICAL WASTES IN ORDER TO PREVENT HARMFUL HEALTH RISKS

AN ACT TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE BASIC SERVICE OF INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL IN ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUED ACCUMULATION AND PROPER DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC WASTE, INCLUDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFITS FROM FINITE MINERALS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS AND QUARRY RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENTLY APPROVED CAGAYAN OFFSHORE MAGNETITE MINING PROJECT DUE TO THE REPORTED NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN

AN ACT BANNING THE SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, AND EXPORTATION OF SHARK FIN AND FOOD CONTAINING SHARK FIN

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTED ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS IN CANDELARIA, ZAMBALES AND ITS ALLEGED LINKS TO THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECLAMATION PROJECTS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND PERFORM A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ONGOING LARGE-SCALE MINING PROJECTS IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END VIEW OF DETERMINING COMPLIANCE TO RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND GUIDELINES AND ADDRESSING THE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICY GAPS OF PHILIPPINE MINING LAWS

AN ACT BANNING THE CATCHING, SALE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, AND EXPORTATION OF ALL SHARKS AND RAYS OR ANY PART THEREOF IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DUMPING OF HUMAN WASTE AND WASTEWATER BY CHINESE VESSELS IN THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA AND KALAYAAN GROUP OF ISLANDS, DAMAGING OUR CORAL REEFS AND MARINE LIFE, AND THREATENING OUR FOOD SECURITY

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF PLASTIC STRAWS AND STIRRERS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE SHOOTING OF TWO FOREST RANGERS OF MASUNGI GEORESERVE IN SITIO SAN ROQUE, BARANGAY PINUGAY, RIZAL, AS WELL AS THE ILLEGAL INCURSIONS BY ARMED GUARDS THAT IMPEDE REFORESTRATION EFFORTS IN THE WATERSHED AREA

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE URBAN COUNTRYSIDE GREENING IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE PROPOSED 174-HECTARE RECLAMATION IN DUMAGUETE CITY PHILIPPINES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN 'ADOPT-A -WILDLIFE SPECIES PROGRAM', PROVIDING INCENTIVES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SHOOTING OF FOREST RANGERS, MELVIN AKAMD AND KUKAN MAAS, INSIDE THE REFORESTATION SITE OF THE MASUNGI GEORESERVE IN SITIO SAN ROQUE, RIZAL, AND ON THE CONTINUING THREATS AGAINST THE MASUNGI GEORESERVE FOUNDATION

AN ACT REQUIRING MULTI-HAZARDS MAPS AND FLOOD HAZARD MAPS IN EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SHOOTING OF TWO MASUNGI GEORESERVE FOREST RANGERS IN BARAS, RIZAL

AN ACT DECLARING THE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH AS EARTH HOUR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE LIFTING OF MORATORIUM ON THE OPENING OF CASINOS IN THE RECENTLY REHABILITATED BORACAY ISLAND, AND ALLOWING A CHINESE COMPANY TO CONTINUE ON ITS PLANS THEREIN WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY HALTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING THE BEST POLICY THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE ECONOMIC NEEDS OF THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN AKLAN, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TOURIST DESTINATION

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GREEN BUILDING STANDARD FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMPLIANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) WITH REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003 ON SEGREGATION OF WASTES, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENACTING AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PROTOCOL ON PROPER AND EFFECTIVE SEGREGATION AND DISPOSAL OF COVID-19-RELATED HEALTH CARE WASTES

AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999'

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENTLY APPROVED BLACK SAND MINING PROJECT IN LINGAYEN GULF AND INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE SURROUNDING COASTAL AREAS IN THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN

AN ACT REGULATING THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, SALE, PROVISION, USE, RECOVERY, COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE GRIEVANCES OF THE RESIDENTS AND NATIVES OF BORACAY, PARTICULARLY ISSUES OF ALLEGED FORCED DEMOLITION AND WARRANTLESS ARRESTS, AS WELL AS INCOMPLETE REHABILITATION

AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED LARGE-SCALE LAND RECLAMATION PROJECTS BEING UNDERTAKEN ON A NATIONWIDE SCALE IN THE PHILIPPINES, THEREBY THREATENING COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THE COUNTRY

AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF WATERSHEDS SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM (NIS) TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN FOOD AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) TO LIFT THE BAN ON OPEN-PIT MINING IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END VIEW OF REVIEWING THE POLICY DECISION AND EXPLORING OTHER AVENUES FOR GENERATING WEALTH WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE