Newsroom Ngayon on Thursday.
para itigil na yung expansion on coal power.
[Translation: When you say moratorium, it means temporary, it is not an absolute stop to any new energy. What we need is a very definite policy to stop the expansion of coal power.]
Nacpil pointed out that more than 50% of the country s power is still dependent on coal plants. Apart from coal, the government must also start the process of moving from gas and oil, into renewable alternatives such as solar and water-powered energy. Coal, natural gas, and oil are fossil fuels that when burned, release carbon dioxide that trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the Earth.
Published January 28, 2021, 10:55 AM
Karen Ibasco
Celebrities who are also climate action advocates recount their “green” efforts to help save energy and throw support behind R.E.START, the Renewable Energy Transition Awareness campaign of Oxfam Pilipinas.
R.E.STARTis mounted in collaboration with WWF-Philippines 2020, the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, Greenpeace Philippines, Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, and Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, to help increase awareness about best energy practices and hopefully inspire Filipinos to consider shifting to renewable energy consumption. Green transition, according to studies, are found to be cost-efficient and can alleviate some of the financial burdens that people face during this challenging time.
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LEYTE. Black sand mining in Barangay Maya, MacArthur, Leyte (File photo)
+ PEPITO Guimalan, 50, said he was mired in debts for many years.
Just like other residents in the sleepy village of Maya in MacArthur, Leyte, Guimalan also hoped to find a way out from poverty amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
When a mining company came to their town, Guimalan said the residents suddenly found a reason to stay instead of going to Manila to look for a job.
Around 150 of the 300 villagers were hired as laborers, foremen, skilled workers, timekeepers and kitchen cooks for the women.
“They now earned a minimum salary of P325. This is even higher compared to the P200 they earned in a day’s work in rice fields,” said Guimalan.
Published December 26, 2020, 12:50 PM
Civil society organizations have expressed their discontent on the country’s unambitious proposed commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to address climate change.
They were citing the Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) presentation of the country’s three-page draft Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) text on Dec. 23.
In the latest version, the Philippines aims to reduce its GHG emissions by 30 percent by 2040 from its business-as-usual scenario (2020-2040), with at least two percent of these reductions to be done unconditionally.
The groups highlighted that the reduction of 30 percent of GHG by 2040 is much lower than what it has committed to reduce in its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution or INDC in 2015. The Philippines then had committed to reduce by 70 percent its carbon emissions by 2030 to achieve a below two degrees Celsius increase in global temperatures.
Published December 14, 2020, 11:38 AM
The burden of diseases from air pollution caused by coal-fired power plants costs Filipinos P8.5 billion annually, a new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) revealed Monday.
The report titled “Air Quality and Health Impact of Coal-Fired Power in the Philippines” provided an analysis of the air quality, toxic deposition, and health impacts of coal plants in the Philippines, as well as its cost to the public and the economy.
“The climate crisis, air pollution, and the pandemic are mutually compounding threats that have coal at their center. This report sheds light on the hidden health and economic costs of coal, which has long been the dominant source of energy in our country,” said CREA Southeast Asia analyst Isabella Suarez.