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By KATHERINE ADRANEDA
The Philippine Star Agreeing to proposals expressed by protesting members of an international environment group, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is poised to review the environmental compliance certificate that would be issued to a planned coal-fired power plant in Iloilo City.
This, as Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza acceded to the viability of turning to other energy sources in the country like wind and solar power and bio-diesel, as alternatives to coal.
Atienza promised to take a closer look at the ECC to be issued to the Iloilo coal-fired power plant, following a dialogue with Greenpeace, whose members earlier brought bags of charcoal at the gate of the DENR central office in Quezon City to dramatize the danger of allowing coal plants to operate anywhere in the country.
"I will review whatever processes that have been followed in this particular issue," Atienza said.
"Like Greenpeace, I am committed to fighting the adverse impacts of climate change and other threats to the environment. I am with with regards to our environmental concerns," he added.
However, Atienza still hinted the possibility of granting the ECC to the proposed coal-fired power plant in Iloilo City, citing national interest.
"But we also have to consider the other interests of the nation. If the coal plant is going to provide energy, and if there are demands for it by the national economy and by the people, I cannot take a position very similar to . But I assure you that we both have the same goal of keeping our environment clean and safe," he said.
According to Jasper Inventor, campaigner of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, coal is the "dirtiest, most carbon-intensive of all fossil fuels," and as such, is a major contributor to climate change.
Coal emits toxic gases when burned, which could pose risks to the environment and peoples health, he added.
Aside from environmental and health concerns, Greenpeace is opposing the construction of the 165-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Iloilo because it believes the province does not need it in the first place.
At present, Greenpeace said there is an oversupply of 85 MW in Panay Island and Guimaras, and in the future, there will be an additional oversupply of energy from submarine cables linking Panay and Negros islands.
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