Municipalities under the Diocese of Lucena are already home to an installed coal capacity of at least 1,644 MW. The proposed projects would triple this with an additional 3,330 MW of coal. “Already, the people of Quezon have suffered respiratory and skin diseases associated with toxic coal plant emissions. No new coal project must stand in Filipinos’ way to clean and affordable energy for all,” said Gerry Arances, Convenor of P4P. P4P along with Quezon Church and community members filed a petition against the Atimonan coal plant at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in November 2019 for A1E’s failure to adhere to environmental and community education requirements.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 31, 2020 11:37 UTC