Proyekto sa ‘coal’ pinatitigil
MANILA, Philippines — Hiniling ng ‘Withdrawal from Coal’ (WFC) na itigil na ang pagpopondo ng mga bangko sa coal projects sa bansa na umabot sa $13 billion para sa patuloy na pagpapalawak ng proyekto.
Sa Coal Divestment Scorecard, base sa criteria na inilunsad ng mga civil society groups, Church leaders, environmentalists, at faith-based groups, lumilitaw na may 15 Philippine banks ang nag-channel ng $13.42 billion sa mga kumpanya ng ‘coal developer’ at ‘coal projects’ mula 2009 hanggang 2019.
“Philippine banks and other financiers have caused the expansion of coal in the past decade thanks to their financial services to coal developers and projects. If they will not choose to phase out these activities, our future and that of generations to come are placed in greater peril. With this in mind, Withdraw from Coal continues to urge Philippine banks to have policies and timelines to phase out coal in their work,” ayon kay Bishop Gerry Alminaza ng Diocese of San Carlos, at co-convenor ng WFC.
Ayon naman kay Gerry Arances, executive director ng Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) na sila ay umaasa sa mga bangko na suportahan din ang paglaban sa proyekto ng karbon na nakakasira ng kapaligiran at kabuhayan ng mamamayan.
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