By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Green groups, local businesses and officials hailed the Writ of Kalikasan issued by the Supreme Court this week against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Subic,Zambales. The SC en banc released a resolution dated 31 July 2012 issuing a Writ of Kalikasan against the Department of Environment…
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Green groups petition Supreme Court against Subic coal power plant
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Party-list groups Kalikasan and Kabataan and the No 2 Coal-Central Luzon (No2Coal-CL) alliance recently filed with the Supreme Court a petition for a Writ of Kalikasan against the construction of a 2×300 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The leaders of the…
PH, China both accountable for biodiversity protection in Scarborough Shoal
LETTER TO THE EDITOR April 18, 2012 This is to clarify the issue of illegal wildlife poaching that sparked the stand-off between the Philippine and Chinese state forces in the heavily contested Scarborough Shoal. It should be clear that the problem is a concern of both the Philippine and Chinese governments, regardless of the still-unresolved…