Iloilo to receive ‘Clean Air City’ award

By Perla Lena

November 24, 2017, 8:01 pm

ILOILO CITY -- This city is the second in the country to be conferred the "Clean Air City" award by the Coalition of Clean Air Advocates of the Philippines (CCAAP).

The award will inspire other stakeholders to support Iloilo City’s campaign to address pollution issues, said City Environment and Natural Resources Officer Engr. Noel Hechanova.

He said this local government unit is the only city with a complete emission inventory and is ahead in terms of its clean air plan.

Collaboration is also being done with other sectors to pursue studies in line with pollution issues.

The award will be received by Mayor Jose Espinosa III on November 29 from Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here at the Iloilo Convention Center.

CCAAP is a non-stock, non-profit organization made up of more than 650 organizations and 5,000 plus individuals based on the group's Facebook account.

Espinosa, during his term as member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, was the principal author of the Perimeter Boundary Ordinance that regulates the entry of provincial utility vehicles and buses to the city proper. This resulted to the daily reduction of more than 10,000 liters of diesel fuel, which is a major source of pollution.

The mayor was among those who reviewed the Bio-Fuels Act of 2006. The law directs the use of biofuels and encourages fuel retrofitting from gasoline to LPG.

DENR will also turn over two units of smoke belching equipment to Iloilo City. (PNA)

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