About the campaign
Numerous studies have already established that the burning of coal is also a leading cause of smog, acid rain, and toxic air pollution that harm both communities and ecosystems.
Carbon emissions from energy production are the largest source of greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
Should the construction of this coal plant push through, the coal plant would turn the province of Quezon into the ‘coal capital’ of the Philippines because it would now host 4 coal plants further locking-in the province into 20-40 more years of coal dependence.
Lastly investors have already caught on to the fact that coal can no longer be the least-cost option for baseload demand, even before externalities such as public health impacts and environmental damage are priced in. The proposed coal plant in Atimonan, an enormous and expensive new coal-fired power plant that is a risky proposition at best.
Coal is an obsolete energy source that is already being phased out by renewable energy technologies –help us move the energy revolution forward by signing up.
Add your voice to the growing movement that calls to reject Meralco Powergen Corporation’s proposed coal-fired power plant project in Atimonan, Quezon.
Climate justice activists, held a concerted action at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Ayala Triangle to protest the Ayala-controlled bank’s planned financing of a new coal-fired power plant in Atimonan, Quezon.
Climate change transgresses boundaries, of both natural and human-defined separations. Many of its effects know no boundaries. Yet some bear the brunt and the consequences far more than others, and are far more vulnerable. Climate change reminds us that we are all in this together.
The Quezon Provincial Board’s meeting was abruptly disrupted as more than a thousand people from across the province trooped to force them into dialogue with their appeal for the Board’s withdrawal of its support for coal in the province.
In spite of Meralco PowerGen’s political and financial influence, he continues to campaign by using the mass every Sunday as a platform to inform his parishioners about the health and environmental impacts of coal.