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Misamis Oriental, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) criticized the recently announced  solar plant project of Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC)’s FDC Utilities, Inc. as a “minuscule and misleading step” that fails to address the company’s continued and primary reliance on coal-fired power. While acknowledging that any addition of renewable energy capacity is preferable to none, PMCJ emphasized that the scale of the proposed solar facility is neg

Edel Parducho blocking the Police Officers during the EDSA40 Mobilization, February 25, 2026 The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) stands in solidarity with human rights defender Edel Parducho and youth activist Three Odeña, and their respective organizations, as they were illegally arrested and detained by the Philippine National Police (PNP) - Eastern Police District (EPD) during the commemoration of the 40th EDSA People Power on Feb. 25, 2026. The PNP's defens

Pinabagsak ng masang Pilipino ang diktadura ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. 40 taon na ang nakakaraan. Bukod sa lalong pagkasadlak ng ekonomiya, isa sa pinakamalaking pagbabago mula noong 1986 ay ang paglala ng krisis sa klima at ang negatibong epekto nito sa mamamayan. Ang isyu ng flood control ang nagsiwalat ng lantaran at malawakang korapsyon sa gobyerno na nagdulot ng malalaking protesta noong huling bahagi ng 2025. Higit pa sa kaliwa’t kanang pagkilos ng mamamayan, mismong ang k

Quezon City, Philippines — As the onslaught of the climate crisis continues, steps taken by communities to formulate and implement mitigation and possible solutions have proven important in the fight for a sustainable future. Supporting this, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) will engage with the people of Camarines Norte through Labo Progressive Multi Purpose Cooperative (LPMPC) and the local government of Labo, to coordinate activities that improve the prov

Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) strongly condemns the handing over  of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex (APHC) to private control, as it will strip the state of its capacity to provide a cushion against volatile electricity rates and will not ensure a better power supply to electric consumers. “This move will have a significant impact on consumers in Mindanao and the country as a whole, as electricity rates will certainly incre

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

Quezon City, Pilipinas — Umabot na sa ₱16.3 milyon ang halaga ng pinsala sa agrikultura na dulot ng matitinding pag-ulan sa probinsya ng Negros Occidental, ayon sa ulat  noong Pebrero 11, 2026. Di pa rito kasama ang pinsala sa ibang probinsya, lalo na sa bahagi ng Visayas at hilagang Mindanao na sinalanta kamakailan ng bagyong Basyang, na tinatayang pinatindi ng shear line  ngayong Amihan season . “Karamihan sa mga nailalathalang balita tungkol sa shear line  at Amihan season

Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) expressed its concern over the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)’s limited time for submission of public comments on the Philippine Just Transition Framework (JTF). DENR’s Facebook page posted  the official announcement on Feb. 4, 2026, stating that the commenting period is scheduled from Feb. 3 to Feb. 9, 2026. “Upon reading the announcement, we sent an email to the Office of t

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.

Quezon City, Philippines — Sharing the anger the majority of the Filipinos are feeling over the news, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) expresses its utmost outrage to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for authorizing Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) , on Jan. 27, 2026, and its four power generation partners to recover costs worth ₱31.34 billion by keeping power rates high. The four power generators are coal plants, now considered inefficient and reliant on

From a distance, fields of pineapple in Bukidnon look like a success story of agrarian reform. Vast plantations stretch toward the horizon, producing crops for global markets.  On paper, many of these lands are already “owned” by farmers, awarded under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) . But for beneficiaries like Nora (not her real name), ownership has not translated into actual use or a decent living. “Wala man koy mabuhat, kay ang presidente sa coop man mao

Every year, the elites representing 1 percent of the global population meet to maintain the current system that benefits only them. The 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, parades its theme ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’ amid ongoing imperialist wars, exacerbating negative impacts of the climate crisis, rampant corruption, inequality, and extreme poverty. Year by year, the global situation gets worse — the rich become richer while the poor become poorer. T

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

Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) stresses its opposition to Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen)'s planned expansion of the Toledo Power Corp. (TPC) coal plant. Right after the New Year’s, MGen announced  that most of their 2026 capital expenditures will be directed to its coal project in Toledo, Cebu. Communities in Cebu have long been fighting against the existing 82-Megawatt coal-fired power plant operated by TPC. The facilities have b

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

Quezon City, Philippines — The state of human rights in the Philippines remains bleak. People are left to suffer in the middle as a political battle among the country’s elite, political dynasties, and ruling class ensues. As crooks and thieves in power try to push for which pockets get filled the most, the rights of the majority of Filipinos remain denied and abandoned. Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) report  in 2024 shows that serious human rights violations persisted despite sli

Quezon City, Pilipinas —  Lumahok ang Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) sa “Protestang Bayan Kontra Korapsyon” o mas kilala bilang “Baha sa Luneta 2.0,” upang isulong ang panawagang panagutin ang lahat ng sangkot sa korapsyon at baguhin ang sistemang pinaiiral nila. Higit tatlong buwan na ang nakalipas mula nang isiwalat ni mismong Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. ang korapsyon sa flood-control projects at maganap ang malaking rali noong Setyembre at mg

As floods in the Philippines wash away homes, agricultural land, and water sources, and force families into displacement, the social consequences of the climate crisis are exposed to their full extent. Most vulnerable to these consequences—both social and economic—are women. This International Rural Women’s Day, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) stands with women in rural areas as they fight on the frontlines of the battle against the climate crisis and the u

Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), together with coal-affected communities, held a protest on Oct. 13, 2025 in front of the World Bank (WB) office in Taguig, in light of the WB and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings. On Oct. 13-17, 2025, the PMCJ will intervene at the WB-IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, DC to echo calls for remedies for communities affected by coal-fired power plants financed by the International F