Protests vs coal plants highlight impact of privatized, ‘dirty energy’
Green groups call for a moratorium on coal plants, and for the country’s conversion to clean energy and nationalization of the power industry.
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Green groups call for a moratorium on coal plants, and for the country’s conversion to clean energy and nationalization of the power industry.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat MANILA -- Since 2003, a mining company has been conducting exploration work in the mountains of the coastal town of Lobo, in the southernmost part of Batangas province, about 143 kilometers south of Manila. Mindoro Resouces Limited...
LIPA, Batangas - Church people, professionals, environmental advocates, businessmen, women, youth and students, and local residents in here formed a new alliance against large-scale mining. The Bukluran para sa Inang Kalikasan (BUKAL) was formally launched at the...
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