“Right now, our coal development has increased every year by almost 12 percent since 2015,” Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Khevin Yu said in a press conference Friday.
Yu said if all proposed coal-fired power plants are approved in the next 5 years, coal will represent at least three-fourths of the country’s energy mix. Global think tank Climate Analytics previously said the Philippines will likely phaseout coal in 2062, which is 2 decades later than the target for the region.
“Even now, new renewables are already cheaper. There will come a time when prices will be even lower,” he said, explaining that renewable energy like solar and wind does not need any fuel input.
Because we let the activists demonize nuclear power! Solar and wind won't cut it without sending us back to the dark ages.
In 2016, Duterte issued an ultimatum to nations that have been “destroying the climate.” You can pay poor countries (like the Philippines) to forego cheap, dirty fossil fuels. Or, he says, our politicians will chuck your United Nations-brokered climate change treaty in the trash.
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