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Representatives of the Nuclear and Coal-Free Bataan Movement, Young Bataeños for Environmental Advocacy Network (YBEAN) and Greenpeace Philippines on Thursday delivered letters to the local offices of Chevron and British Petroleum, and the offices of legal counsels for ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil, Apache Corporation and ConocoPhillips Corporation.
The group delivered their letter of demands, which also include urging the corporation to recognize that they produce historical carbon emissions and shift to renewables as well as stop plans for fossil fuel expansion.
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