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Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) raises a red flag to the joint statement of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan to establish a strategic petroleum reserve program in the Philippines and joint stockpiling efforts within ASEAN. The US-Israel war in West Asia compounded the problem of an existing energy crisis that has long been waiting to explode. The country’s alarming rel

Quezon City, Philippines — The Makati City local government unit (LGU) will source electricity from ACEN Corp.'s solar, wind, and geothermal plants to power its 154 properties. With that, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) praises Makati LGU for the latter’s switch to renewable energy (RE). In 2022, Makati City was also among the first LGUs to declare a state of climate emergency, recognizing the worsening impacts of the climate crisis at the local level. “The

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

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