There are many places in the country where the Ecological Solid Waste Management Law (EWSM) Law (RA 9003) is not being followed by LGUs nationwide. LOREN LEGARDA. Over 50 MNAs and Senators from four committees attended. Advocacies At Work. Platforms/Advocacy of Loren Legarda. House Bill/Resolution No. Senator Loren Legarda, highlighted the Philippines’ environmental protection efforts in her meeting last June 20 with German parliamentarian Renate Künast, member of the Green Party and Chair of the Bundestag’s German-ASEAN Parliamentary Friendship Group. Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and with the Punjab Environment Minister, Hon. Künast said that there is indeed a need to provide further information on the Philippines to give the German public a fuller picture, which would, hopefully, facilitate further positive engagement between the Philippines and Germany.The Senator, meanwhile, invited Ms. Künast and the German-ASEAN Parliamentary Friendship Group to see the developments in the Philippines firsthand.Senator Legarda and Ms. Künast concluded their extensive discussion with a commitment to look into the possibility of working on special projects together in the near future. ... Loren started her campaign for environmental protection and preservation in the 1980s when she became broadcast journalist. Loren Legarda is a Filipino broadcast journalist and politician. As the Senator said: “For 15 years now, we have the Ecological Social Waste Management Law, RA 9003”… “The measure aims to create a clean … A green overview: Loren as VP— Out of curiosity I caught myself stuck in front of my monitor trying to justify the scepticism that lingers inside my head, whether or not, Sen. Loren Legarda has the right to speak in front of the Filipino masses and talk about environmental stuff and the likes. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, penned an Op-Ed in The Indian Express entitled “Let’s seize the opportunity to drive the economy forward without driving air pollution up.” Amid the Coronavirus crisis, Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda seeks stricter implementation of environmental laws to ensure public safety and health amid the recorded “improving” air quality in Metro Manila, The Philippines.Representing AQA Indonesia, Hon. HB00634. Dizon-De Vega (right) with Ms. Künast at the Bundestag. "My colleagues may not disagree with me when I say that none of us has actually experienced an issue where voters are going to vote or not vote for us because of our stand on air quality," the Congress leader said.This year's edition of the third Roundtable Consultation on air quality, jointly hosted by The Energy and Resource Institute, or TERI, and advocacy group Air Quality Asia is scheduled to take place September 4-5.The 3rd Roundtable Consultation on air quality — initiated in 2017 by Dr Shashi Tharoor — will be jointly hosted by The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and AirQualityAsia.Johannesburg (IOL): Doubling air pollution standards for sulphur dioxide (SO2), proposed by former environmental affairs minister Nomvula Mokonyane in May, would cause thousands of deaths on Mpumalanga’s Highveld.New Delhi (Swachh India): Member of Parliament, Dr. Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to highlight the need for research on air pollution in India, after he received a response to his inquiry related to indoor air pollution in Lok Sabha.Amritsar (The Tribune India): Lok Sabha member Gurjeet Singh Aujla has said that a team of experts from the UN would arrive in Amritsar on June 26 to assess the level of air pollution so that a remedial programme could be chalked out to curb it.Shazia Z Rafi, AQA Convenor, Parliamentary Network Review, June 2019AQA Delegates participated in GAHP Annual Meeting on 7-8 May, 2019. Mr. Sampulna said House Bill No. Rep. Loren Legarda demands stricter environmental laws to improve air quality April 09, 2020 Amid the Coronavirus crisis, Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda seeks stricter implementation of environmental laws to ensure public safety and health amid the recorded “improving” air quality in Metro Manila, The Philippines.