AN ACT ESTABLISHING PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS SITES TO AND ALONG SHORELINES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO AWARD GRANTS TO ASSIST BARANGAYS IN COMPLYING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PENALTY AMOUNTS COLLECTED UNDER LAWS TO FINANCE THE GRANTS

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, TOGETHER WITH THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL, TO IDENTIFY LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS A RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING, AND AREAS AT HIGH RISK FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

AN ACT IMPROVING CONFIRMATION OF IMPERFECT TITLES UNDER SECTION 14 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1529, IMPROVING THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL FREE PATENT UNDER SECTION 44 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141, AND REMOVING THE PERIOD TO FILE APPLICATIONS THEREAT UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9176

AN ACT CREATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT BUREAU (EPEB) UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT BUREAU (EPEB) UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO SPUR THE PLANTING OF A BILLION TREES THROUGH COMPLEMENTARY TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS OF THE DENR AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, AND CIVIC AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROTECTING THE REMAINING NATURAL FORESTS AND FOREST PLANTATIONS, AND CREATING A FUND THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, TO IDENTIFY THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY, VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR APPLYING AIRPORT BUBBLES AS A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING, AND REDUCING THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE AIRPORT GROUND AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR THE VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT, VERIFICATION, AND STANDARDIZED LABELING OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAKE GRANTS TO ASSIST BARANGAYS IN COMPLYING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF PENALTY AMOUNT COLLECTED UNDER LAWS TO FINANCE THE GRANTS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) THROUGH THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES (BFAR), THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF PULUPANDAN & BAGO CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, TO URGENTLY PROTECT THE LAST REMAINING IRRAWADDY DOLPHINS IN GUIMARAS STRAIT BY IMMEDIATELY DECLARING THEIR HABITAT AS A MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA)

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

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE, TO INQUIRE AND REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION PLAN PREPARED BY RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN CASES OF CLOSURE OF BUSINESSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXODUS OF GOVERNMENT GEOLOGISTS FROM THE MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ILLEGAL BLACK SAND MINING OPERATIONS IN THE CAGAYAN ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE IMPACT OF THE MINING OPERATIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CEMENT BEING PRODUCED BY THE PHILIPPINE CEMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND TO CALL ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE LOCAL CEMENT PRODUCTION INDUSTRY IS ONE WITH THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN THE EFFORTS TO MAKE CEMENT PRODUCTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INVOLVEMENT OF POLICEMEN IN THE CASE OF MISSING CONFISCATED LUMBER IN OCCIDENTAL MINDORO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTS THAT AIR POLLUTION IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION DURING THE NEW YEAR REVELRY IS THIRTEEN (13) TIMES PAST THE SAFE STANDARDS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT WATER IN BORACAY HAS HIGH LEVELS OF COLIFORM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAS WASTED PUBLIC FUNDS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO LOOK INTO THE ENTRY AND EVENTUAL DUMPING AT THE COUNTRY'S SANITARY LANDFILL OF WASTE ILLEGALLY SHIPPED FROM CANADA WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT THE FUTURE IMPORTATION OF WASTE INTO THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO SUBMIT A STATUS REPORT ON THE IMMEDIATE CLEANUP AND RESTORATION OF MANILA BAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH A SUPREME COURT RULING TO UPGRADE ITS WATER QUALITY

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO CHECK ON THE ALLEGED TRANSPORT AND EXPLOITATION OF 'CENTURIES-OLD' LOGS IN ALBAY AND DIRECTING THE NATIONAL MUSEUM TO CONDUCT AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE AREA WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PRESERVING THIS HISTORICAL MARINE WONDER AS AN EVIDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES' ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF GLOBAL COMMERCE

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) AND OTHER CONCERNED STATE AGENCIES THE IMMEDIATE REHABILITATION AND CLEAN UP OF THE MANILA BAY

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PARTNER WITH CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN FORMULATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON THE PROPER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF MERCURY-CONTAINING COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS THAT WILL ADEQUATELY PROTECT OUR CONSUMERS FROM TOXIC HARM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RATIONALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE GRANTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES ALLOWING THE BUILDING OF A 164-MEGAWATT COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN HISTORIC ILOILO CITY NOTWITHSTANDING OPPOSITION FROM CHURCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

RESOLUTION TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED TAKEOVER, USING ARMS AND VIOLENCE, AND IN DEFIANCE OF A LEGITIMATE COURT ORDER, OF THE OPERATION OF THE SAN FERNANDO SEAPORT AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE DENR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU, AND MEMBERS OF THE LA UNION PNP AND COAST GUARDS

AN ACT MANDATING LICENSED QUARRYING CONTRACTORS TO PRACTICE SAFETY MEASURES IN QUARRYING SITES BY REQUIRING FOR THE RESTORATION OR REMAKING OF BANKS OF WATER TO THE SAME CONDITION AS THEY WERE BEFORE QUARRYING, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR APPLYING AIRPORT BUBBLES AS A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING, AND REDUCING THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE AIRPORT GROUND AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, TO INDENTIFY THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, TOGETHER WITH THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL, TO IDENTIFY LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS A RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING, AND AREAS AT HIGH RISK FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR THE VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT, VERIFICATION, AND STANDARDIZED LABELING OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS

AN ACT TO SPUR THE PLANTING OF A BILLION TREES THROUGH COMPLEMENTARY TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS OF THE DENR AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, AND CIVIC AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROTECTING THE REMAINING NATURAL FORESTS AND FOREST PLANTATIONS, AND CREATING A FUND THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, TO IDENTIFY THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY, VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THROUGH THE NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, TOGETHER WITH THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL, TO IDENTIFY LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY VULNERABLE TO RISING SEA LEVELS AS A RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING, AND AREAS AT HIGH RISK FOR NATURAL DISASTERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR APPLYING AIRPORT BUBBLES AS A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING, ASSESSING, AND REDUCING THE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE AIRPORT GROUND AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

AN ACT REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL WASTE