"We, the 92-KM Coal Resistance Marchers
representing 38 local and national organizations working in various sectors and
communities from Misamis Occidental-Ozamis City, Lanao del Norte, Iligan City,
Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Cotabato City and Caraga Region declare:
The Island of Mindanao, according to Mindanao
Power Monitoring Council, generates more than enough electricity needed by the
consumers, thus additional coal-fired power plants in Iligan City, Ozamis City
and Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte are not necessary. Mindanao is home to
Agus-Pulanggi Hydro Power Complexes which have a combined generating capacity
of more than 900 MW;
The series of blackouts in the island is
an orchestrated move to facilitate the interest of the investors who want to
profit in power generation and distribution tapping coal as the main energy
resource;
In Mindanao, eleven coal plants are
expected to break ground within five years from now until 2020. This will dwarf
the renewable energy share in the power mix, thus, undermining the current
community and private sector efforts to veer away from fossil fuel dependence.
The Philippines has more than 200,000 MW of untapped renewable energy potential;
The operation of coal plants will pollute
Iligan and Panguil Bays given the inherent presence of toxic elements in coal.
This will displace significant numbers of fisherfolk whose livelihood largely
depend on fishing;
The host communities and those communities
within the overlapping 35 to 50-kilometer radius according to the air dispersal
modeling of the coal power plants will also suffer the adverse effects of air
pollution;
The lack of social acceptability defines
the process by which coal plants are introduced into host communities. Our
national experience would show the absence of informed consent and
participation of these communities in the construction of coal projects yet
they suffer the worst effects of coal plant operations;
Far from involving communities, leaders
are being harassed or intimidated into submission as in the case of Libertad
Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte where community leaders have been dealt with threat,
slapped with suits, and displaced without proper compensation and relocation;
Since the industrial period, the world has
seen the historical rise of carbon dioxide emission and other greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere, which are responsible for heating the earth and altering the
natural climate pattern favorable for the survival of all species on earth.
This has spawned slow onset impacts as well as cataclysmic typhoons and
cyclones;
Recently, Mindanao has become one of the
most affected areas of typhoons and other natural calamities that displaced
millions of peoples, destroyed countless lives and properties;
The establishment of more coal-fired power
plants in Mindanao and throughout the country will not only increase the emission
of carbon dioxide in the global scale but will also heighten the vulnerability
of its communities in the face of climate change. To date there are 17 existing
coal plants and 29 more loom over the horizon with the Government’s continued
reliance on coal;
We are alarmed by the danger this coal
industry has caused and will cause on humanity and the survival of the only
planet we live in: Earth;
We join and support the call for a
coal-free Philippines. We join and support the call for renewable energy as an
alternative to fossil fuel burning."
NO TO COAL PLANTS!
YES
TO RENEWABLE ENERGY!
Iligan City, Lanao del Norte
25 July 2015
Coal Resistance Movement (CoRe)
Kilusang Maralita sa Kanayunan (Lanao del
Norte, Agusan del Sur, Cotabato ug Maguindanao Clusters)
Philippine
Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ)
Demokratikong Kilusang magbubukid ng
Pilipinas- Lanao- Lala, LDN
Freedom from Debt Coalition- Western
Mindanao
Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement – Lanao-
Iligan-Misamis Oriental and Occidental Cluster
Lanao Fisheries Advocacy Network – Lanao
Gitib, Inc. – Ozamis City
Lapayan Power Movement Organization-
Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte
Our Rivers, Our Life PhDilippines (OROL
PH)
Liga ng Makabagong Kabataan -Iligan, Lanao
del Norte and Lanao del Sur
Youth for Climate Justice – Misamis
Occidental
Nagkahiusang Mag-Uumang Organiko- Agusan
del Sur
Kahugpungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Kolambugan-
Kolambugan, LDN
Nagkahiusang Mangingisda sa Caromatan-
SND, Lanao del Norte
Teduray-Lambangian Youth and Student
Association – Maguindanao
PiekSalabukan Mieggulipit nga’K Subanen
Gatawg Ginsalugan (PIEMSUGG) – Misamis Occidental
BANWA TINABURAN – Mis. Occ.
Tri-People Organization against Disaster-
Cotabato City
Mindanao Tri-People Women Forum- Cotabato
City
Power Alternative Agenda in Mindanao
(PALAG Mindanao)
Sanlakas- Mis Occ.
Muntay Active Youth Leaders Association-
Kolambugan, LDN
MasterPeace - Agusan del Sur
Filipino Katoliko Youth Association-
Sibagat, Agusan del Sur
Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao para sa
Kapayapaan (AKMK)
Ranao Women and Children Resource Center –
Iligan City
Lanao Aquatic Marine and Fisheries Center for
Community Development – LDN
Ranao Disasters Response and
Rehabilitation Assistance Center- Iligan
Youth Organization of Christian an Muslim
– Maigo, LDN
Liangan West Farmers Association-
Maigo, LDN
Titunod Farmers and Tillers Association –
Kolambugan, LDN
Kaagapay OFW Resource and Service Center –
Cotabato
Tri-People Youth for Change- Cotabato
Bantay Dagat Organization- Kolambugan, LDN
Sumpay-Mindanao, Inc.- Iligan
Kahugpungan sa mga Mag-uumang Muslim ug
Kristiyano- SND, LN
Mindanao Tri-People Youth Center- Iligan
Bukluran
ng mga Kababaihan sa Kapatagan- Kapatagan, LDN
Contact Persons:
Remo Fenis
CoRe Movement
09202716138
resistcoal@gmail.com
Lourdes Anabieza
PMCJ - Western Mindanao
fdcwestminda@yahoo.com
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