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Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines — As the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) moves to appraise the Mindanao STEAG Power Station ahead of its planned privatization, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) warned that Mindanao’s power shortage is being used as an excuse to keep an aging, failing coal plant running with no clear retirement timeline. The two-unit plant, with a total of 232 megawatts (MW) capacity, is now rebranded as SP

Iligan City, Philippines — Fed up with compounding energy crises in Mindanao, a broad coalition of civil society groups, youth organizations, and community sectors launched a street march and noise barrage on Oct. 12, 2026, from the Iligan Cathedral to the Post Office to demand immediate relief from escalating electricity costs and privatization threats. The mobilization was jointly led by the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), Youth for Climate Justice (Y4CJ), S

Patuloy pa ring lumalala ang krisis sa klima. Maliban sa mga bahang lumulunod sa mga siyudad dahil sa mga bagyo at habagat, at sa mga tanimang natutuyo dahil sa lalo pang lumalakas na Super El Niño, dumadagdag pa ang krisis sa enerhiya at ekonomiya dulot ng bulok na sistema ng bansa na nagpapalala sa paghihirap at kagutuman na nararanasan ng mga Pilipino. Ayon sa World Food Programme, inaasahang malaki ang epekto ng Super El Niño sa sektor ng agrikultura sa bansa. Sa lalo pa

Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Sharon Garin’s admission of a “planning failure” to explain the recurring red and yellow alerts is a diversion to hide the real reason for the power outages. The government's recurring narratives on baseload supply and ancillary services have grown tiresome. From 2022 to 2026, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) found that 70% of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)-contracted ancillary services market was

The World Bank's private sector arm pocketed millions from an equity investment in a Philippine bank, while spending nothing on remedy for the harm caused by 10 new coal-fired power plants it financed. MANILA, 7 October 2026 — On the eve of the World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Bangkok, new analysis reveals the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and its Capitalisation Fund made an estimated US$39 million in total return from its investment in a Philippine bank, whose

Ang kalagayan ng kalikasan at pamamalakad ng gobyerno ay magkasalungat: patuloy ang paglubha at pagkasira ng yamang likas, habang iisa lang ang kawalang-aksyon at kawalang-pananagutan ng gobyerno, mula noon hanggang ngayon. Sa ganitong sistema, wala tayong ibang tutunguhin kundi mas matinding kahirapan at mas maraming kamatayan. Sa ika-54 na taong anibersaryo ng Martial Law o Batas Militar ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr., irehistro natin sa kasalukuyang gobyerno ng kanyang anak na si

Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippines is being pushed to the edge of survival. Flooded roads, drowned fields, collapsing ecosystems, and communities gasping under the weight of disaster reveal a truth we can no longer deny: the system that enabled this destruction must be confronted, dismantled, and transformed. The Global Fight for a Fossil-Free Future: Fast, Fair, Funded, Feminist is a collective uprising of the Filipino people and peoples across the world demanding a

Zamboanga City, Philippines — Climate Leaders Inspiring Meaningful Actions (CLIMA), a broad coalition based in Zamboanga City, held a symbolic signing of a climate emergency declaration, highlighting the need for the city local government unit (LGU) to take climate action. The signing was conducted on June 5, 2026, World Environment Day. Among the organizations and formations of CLIMA, led by the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), are Katilingban sa Kalambuan, In

La Carlota City, Philippines — La Carlota farmers in Negros Occidental are working toward a climate-resilient peoples’ economy. The Hacienda Esperanza Communal Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association Cooperative (HECARCO), Alter Trade Foundation Inc. (ATFI), and Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) held a forum on June 25, 2026 and discussed a democratic renewable energy (RE) transition for marginal communities. In January 2026, HECARCO, ATFI, and PMCJ agreed to w

Lucena City, Philippines — Quezon Province Renewable Energy Convenors (QPREC) conducted a public roundtable discussion (RTD) on June 23, 2026 in Lucena City and solidified its path towards renewable energy (RE). The RTD was one of QPREC's plans from its initial meeting on May 22, 2026. Together with the labor sector, QPREC gathered in Tayabas, Quezon and convened the Dioceses of Gumaca and Lucena, the Prelature of Infanta, Quezon for Environment (QUEEN), Philippine Movement f

Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) strongly condemns the systematic profiling and monitoring of agrarian reform beneficiaries and advocates by state security forces. On June 10, 2026, members of Don Carlos Bukidnon United Farmers Association, Inc. (DCBUFAI) were intimidated by state forces, a day after an official dialogue with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Region 10 Office in Macanhan, Cagayan de Oro City. June 10,

Quezon City, Philippines — Residents of Pagbilao victoriously welcome the announcement of Australia-based Energy World Corp. (EWC) on June 2, 2026, on the sale of heavy-duty fossil gas turbines to a US-based company. The gas turbines were originally intended for EWC's proposed 650 Megawatt (MW) gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Pagbilao, Quezon. “Importante ang ganitong mga panalo para sa aming mga apektadong komunidad,” said Domingo ‘Ka Domeng’ Moreno, a community lead

Quezon City, Philippines — Various groups will hold a public forum on June 1, 2026 and outline the urgency of granting the farmers’ request to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for a dialogue, resolving overdue land rights cases of thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) across the Philippines, among others. The June 10 Land Rights Committee (June 10 LRC) is comprised of Kilusan para sa Repormang Agraryo at Katarungan Panlipunan (KATARUNGAN), Philippine Movem

Quezon City, Philippines — Kilusan para sa Repormang Agraryo at Katarungan Panlipunan (KATARUNGAN), Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK), Alter Trade Foundation, Inc., Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Pambansang Kaisahan ng Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (PKMP), Makabayang Alyansa ng Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Makabayan-Pilipinas), Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (AMA), Focus on the Global South, and other g

La Union, Philippines — Koalisyon Isalbar ti Pintas ti La Union (KIPLU) or Save the Beauty of La Union Coalition, together with the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), sent a formal letter to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), demanding an investigation into the reports on the alleged burial of toxic waste in the mountain areas of Ubbog and Paagan, and Bacnotan, La Union. KIPLU calls for an immediate investigation into the Holcim Cement Fa

Quezon City, Philippines — The Bicol region sits at the front of the path of typhoons and storms. Just recently, the province of Albay suffered landslides and flooding caused by Typhoon Ada , the year’s first typhoon. With the frequency and strength of storms like this continuously increasing because of the climate crisis, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) welcomes the continued steps the province has been taking to make an example of a climate-resilient and

Batangas City, Philippines — The residents and barangay officials of Sitio Bakasyunan, Brgy. Simlong, Batangas City, raised serious concerns regarding the alleged unloading and dumping of black material at the pier near the barangay hall. The black material was carried by a vessel operating at a nearby pier and arrived on Jan. 14, 2026. According to the community's description, the dumped material in Simlong exhibits properties similar to coal bottom ash and/or boiler slag.

Don Carlos, Bukidnon — The Don Carlos Bukidnon United Farmers Association, Inc. (DCBUFAI) has expressed deep frustration over the prolonged delay in the issuance of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to its members, even as the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) reported distributing more than 10,000 land titles in the Caraga Region in December 2025. According to DCBUFAI, the continuous delay has left hundreds of smallholder farmers in Don Carlos in a state of unc

Batangas, Philippines — The Clean and Healthy Air for All Batangueños (CABATANG), Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), and the people of Batangas celebrate another victory before the year's end. On Dec. 23, 2025, VIRES Energy Corporation (VIRES) announced the suspension of the 900-megawatt (MW) liquefied natural gas (LNG) power project in Batangas due to grid and supply challenges. It can be recalled that A Brown Company, Inc. released its decision to withdraw th

Quezon City, Philippines — More than a hundred people from Cebu, Bohol, and other parts of the Visayas region take giant oil company Shell to court to hold the latter accountable for Supertyphoon Odette (International Name: Rai), one of the deadliest climate catastrophes to ever ravage the Philippines. It is the first case to directly link death and destruction in the Global South to a fossil fuel giant in the Global North. In support of the case, claimants also launched “ Th