As part of the mandate of the Environmental Management Bureau – Central Office (EMB – CO) in protecting and advancing the right of people to a balanced and healthful ecology, the Air Quality Management Section (AQMS) conducted the Airshed Management Training Workshop last August 21-25, 2023, in Hotel de Fides, Tacloban City. The opening remarks continue reading : National Airshed Management Training Workshop 2023
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) Philippines and the Network Center (NC) for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET), Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP) Japan organized the EANET Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Advisory Group Meeting, Manila Mission held last 24 to 26 May 2023. continue reading : EANET Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Advisory Group Manila Mission
The Environmental Management Bureau, through Air Quality Management Section (EMB-AQMS) took a significant move towards modernizing its operations as it hosted a consultation event on June 30, 2023, at the EMB-ERLSD Conference Room. The event aimed to introduce and discuss the system under development – the Online Stack Sampling and Monitoring System and the Online continue reading : Consultation for the Online Stack Sampling Monitoring and Accreditation System
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), facilitated the online consultation on 4 April 2023 the development of National Air Quality Status Report for 2021. The consultation served as a venue for the EMB Regional Offices to incorporate their accomplishments and challenges in the implementation of the Philippine continue reading : CONSULTATION WORKSHOP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STATUS REPORT FOR CY2021
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), facilitated a consultation for the Development of Guideline Values for Additional Hazardous Air Pollutants on 23 February 2023 in the University of the Philippines Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, Quezon City. The agenda included the presentation and review of the continue reading : Consultation for the Development of Guideline Values for Additional Hazardous Air Pollutants
The Philippines, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau, hosted the Twenty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (IG24) which took place from 24 to 25 November 2022, in a hybrid mode at the Diamond Hotel, Manila, Philippines. The meeting gathered over continue reading : Twenty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia
In support to RA 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act of 2009), and its implementation of clean air programs, the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), through the Environmental Quality Management Division-Air Quality Management Section (EQMD-AQMS) held a three-day Training Workshop on Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS), Continuous Opacity Monitoring System (COMS), Continuous Emission Rate Monitoring System (CERMS) continue reading : EMB CONDUCTS CEMS AND COMS TRAINING WORKSHOP – CY2022
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), conducted the Airshed Capacity Building in Emission Inventory and Air Quality Monitoring Training Workshop from September 26-30, 2022 in Tagaytay City. Pursuant to Section 8 (Air Quality Control Action Plan) of Republic Act No. 8749, or the Philippine Clean Air Act continue reading : EMB holds Airshed Capacity Building in Emission Inventory and Air Quality Monitoring
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is establishing a system which will act as a central repository of all data and information related to industrial emissions of firms with Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) / Continuous Opacity Monitoring System (COMS). Through the Air Quality Network Operation Center, the Bureau aims to monitor the compliance of industries continue reading : EMB to establish its National Air Quality Network Operation Center
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), has launched a data center that provides real-time monitoring of air and water quality, including the status of solid and hazardous waste management, facilities with environmental compliance certificates (ECCs), and online permitting system. DENR Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna said the continue reading : DENR UNVEILS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DATA CENTER