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Pagbilao, Quezon Province, Philippines — Greenpeace’s ship the Rainbow Warrior today blocked coal shipments at the Pagbilao coal-fired power station in Quezon province, 150 kilometres southwest of Manila, protesting the power plant’s planned expansion. A giant banner on the ship’s masts reading "Quit coal" urged the Philippine government to stop building and expanding coal-fired power plants.
As the environmental ministers of the G8 – the richest industrialised countries in the world – assemble in Japan to discuss solutions to climate change, Greenpeace calls on them to follow the lead of the Governor of Albay Province, Joey Sarte Salceda, who on Wednesday declared Albay a coal-free zone: “We believe there is no place for coal in a world beset by climate change and certainly there is no place for coal in Albay,” he announced.
“The G8 Countries need to realise that more coal is not the solution to the energy issues we face. If a developing country like the Philippines can do it, wealthy, developed countries, like the G8, can certainly do without new coal fired power plants and instead build up an efficient and clean energy system. Greenpeace’s ‘Energy Revolution’ shows this can be done,” said Jasper Inventor, Climate and Energy Campaigner of Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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