Inquirer: PRESIDENT DUTERTE is no climate change denier. In fact, in his very first Cabinet meeting, he declared: Climate change is here. We were warned several years ago. He proceeded to underscore the vulnerability of our country to the effects of climate change by referencing Supertyphoon Yolanda, echoing what he had voiced out during the campaign period.
This ready acknowledgment of the reality of global warming, coupled with his proenvironment stances (albeit equivocal), has caused green groups...