“No company with an atrocious environmental and social track record such as DMCI should be allowed to build environmentally-critical projects.”
Green groups blast Palawan council nod to DMCI coal plant
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Aquino support for coal-fired plants slammed; groups say he lacks ‘environmental leadership’
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Instead of making polluters pay, the national government pays polluters. Aquino condoned billions of pesos in terms of tax liabilities and obligations of foreign and private operators of coal plants.” – Kalikasan
Coal-Fired Plants Undermine Arroyo’s Approval of Climate-Change Law
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Arroyo administration will have to work extra hard to prove that it is sincere in addressing climate change and its impacts. Signing the climate-change bill into law is one thing – approving the operation of coal-fired power plants, which have been identified as one of the dirtiest power-generation methods, makes a mockery of it.
Cebu Gov Admits Mistake in P98-M Purchase of Property for Coal Plant
By RITCHE T. SALGADO Bulatlat.com CEBU CITY – Gov. Gwendolyn F. Garcia recently apologized to Cebuanos for lack of discretion in purchasing a property that will be used as a dump for coal ash that will be generated by a coal-fired power plant being built in Naga. The provincial government bought the 25-hectare beach front…