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Podcast: Howie Severino Presents
Episode: Why is the Mindoro oil spill a threat to the planet?
Description: After devoting his career to protecting the country’s marine environment, diver and underwater filmmaker Robert Suntay is grappling with one of the worst marine disasters in history, the February 28 oil spill off Mindoro that is threatening the world’s most diverse ocean environments.Suntay explains to Howie the high stakes while sharing his exasperation at the government’s slow action.Even after this crisis ebbs, the Philippines faces the longer-term challenge of weaning itself from an addiction to single-use plastic, which has long been killing sea life and ruining coastal environments.Suntay also shares advice on how to be goo...