Envi advocates oppose Gemini Wind Project in Samar

August 11, 2026

Environmental advocates and students from Christ the King College and Northwest Samar State University in Calbayog City, Samar held a peace rally on Monday, August 3, to call for the review of Vena Energy’s Gemini Wind Power Project.

The turbines were originally planned inside the Calbayog Pan-as Hayiban Protected Landscape (CPHPL). After opposition to building within it, Vena Energy agreed to reapply for a new Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) and moved the site. But advocates later learned that at least three turbines will still rise upstream of Tarangban Falls, a popular destination in a city known as the “City of Waterfalls.” (Video report by Chantal Eco)

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Chantal Eco

Chantal Eco is a visual storyteller covering human rights and climate justice from communities the powerful hope you won’t notice—chasing stories across islands, up mountains, and through layers of bureaucracy. She fantasizes about building huge datasets, crafting gorgeous visualizations, and making ambitious documentary films. Though, frankly, she’d rather catch up on sleep.

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Chantal Eco

Chantal Eco is a visual storyteller covering human rights and climate justice from communities the powerful hope you won’t notice—chasing stories across islands, up mountains, and through layers of bureaucracy. She fantasizes about building huge datasets, crafting gorgeous visualizations, and making ambitious documentary films. Though, frankly, she’d rather catch up on sleep.

chantaleco.com