Environmental groups: Mindanao outages induced to justify new coal plant deals
04/01/2012The recent spate of power outages in Mindanao was artificially induced to justify the construction of more coal-fired power plants and other controversy-ridden projects in the region, environmental groups based in Mindanao said yesterday.
They described the recent blackouts in Mindanao as “deliberate acts” and are “part of a ploy of power distributors and the Aquino administration to justify the construction of more coal-fired power plants and other extractive energy projects such as Pulangi V Mega Dam.”
Independent web site Bulatlat.com quoted Jean Lindo, No to Coal–Davao convenor and member of the newly formed Kalikasan Party, as saying that the brownouts in Mindanao are not real indicators of a power crisis..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20120401hea2.html
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