{"id":422,"date":"2015-04-22T08:25:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T08:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.350.org\/philippines\/?p=422"},"modified":"2017-02-28T08:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T08:27:34","slug":"palawan-is-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/philippines\/palawan-is-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Palawan is in trouble!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sharing a message from Cynthia\u00a0Sumagaysay- Del Rosario who is currently part of the struggle to protect\u00a0the Philippine province of Palawan from DMCI Holdings&#8217; proposed coal plant project.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear friends,<\/p>\n<p>If you have already been to Palawan, you know that it is one special place. Aside from being voted as \u201cthe best island in the world\u201d by travellers worldwide, Palawan is an environmentally critical area, hence its established identity as the \u201clast ecological frontier of the country\u201d.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-38016\" src=\"http:\/\/350.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Palawan\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But this jewel of ours here in the Philippines is now under threat. The government plans to place a coal plant in Palawan, the dirtiest energy known to humans. This is in opposition to the findings of the \u201cPalawan Island Energy Master Plan\u201d which show that hydro power is the cheapest energy source for the people of Palawan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/act.350.org\/letter\/save_palawan_stop_coal\/\" target=\"_blank\">We need your help to save Palawan from the destruction to be brought by DMCI&#8217;s coal-fired power plant project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palawan is one of the top megadiversity hotspots in the world. We cannot let a coal plant add to its growing list of threats. It is home to different indigenous groups whose lives will be directly affected. As well as a refuge to hundreds of marine and terrestrial endangered species. Two UNESCO World heritage sites can also be found here \u2013 the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and Puerto Princesa Underground River.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; height: 400px; text-align: center; margin: auto;\"><object width=\"600\" height=\"400\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F350org%2Fsets%2F72157649780676184%2Fshow&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F350org%2Fsets%2F72157649780676184%2F&amp;set_id=72157649780676184\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><embed width=\"600\" height=\"400\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2F350org%2Fsets%2F72157649780676184%2Fshow&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2F350org%2Fsets%2F72157649780676184%2F&amp;set_id=72157649780676184\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Palawan\u2019s fragile environment is under threat. After two failed attempts in Narra and Aborlan, for the third time, DMCI is still pushing its construction in Bato-bato (San Isidro) in Narra, a community that is still suffering from the impacts of nickel mining. We cannot let DMCI ruin Palawan, especially with its blemished reputation in dealing with environmental issues. It has been issued \u201cNotice of Violation\u201d by DENR before when wastes from its coal-washing facility, was dumped directly into the sea, angering the fishing community of Semirara.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/act.350.org\/letter\/save_palawan_stop_coal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-38017 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/350.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Palawan protest\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/>Join us in amplifying the local resistance against DMCI\u2019s 15 MW coal-fired power plant. Together, we can powerfully tell the DENR Secretary Ramon Jesus P. Paje to stop the proposed coal plant by DMCI.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We need to send the message that there is no place for a coal-fired power plant in Palawan &#8212; not when the people of Palawan have cheaper and cleaner alternatives readily available, not when burning more coal will cause even more dangerous climate change, and not when it would destroy our most precious remaining ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/act.350.org\/letter\/save_palawan_stop_coal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Let us join together to protect this most precious of frontiers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nCynthia for Palawan Alliance for Clean Energy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharing a message from Cynthia\u00a0Sumagaysay- Del Rosario who is currently part of the struggle to protect\u00a0the Philippine province of Palawan<span class=\"text-cutoff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,41],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coal","category-energy","tag-palawan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Palawan is in trouble! 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