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The Philippines consumes more coal than it can produce and coal is the main source of electricity. 20% of the country's coal supply is used by the cement industry (in 2005). [ 1 ] As of September 31, 2005, the in situ coal reserves of the Philippines amounts to 458 million metric tons which is about 18% of the country's total coal resource ...
Coal phase-out is an environmental policy intended to stop burning coal in coal-fired power plants and elsewhere, and is part of fossil fuel phase-out. Coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, therefore phasing it out is critical to limiting climate change as laid out in the Paris Agreement .
President Marcos signs into law Republic Acts No. 12064 or the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, defining the Philippines' maritime jurisdiction and rights within the said territory, and 12065 or the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act, establishing three archipelagic sea lanes to be opened for use by foreign ships and aircraft transiting ...
The Pagbilao Power Station is a 1,155-MW coal-fired power station in Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.. Situated at Isla Grande, the Pagbilao Power Station began operations in 1993.
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands in a move that could open the door to future coal sales from vast, publicly owned reserves of the fuel ...
The company was established on February 26, 1980 [3] as the "Semirara Coal Corporation" (SCC). [4] The company entered an agreement with the Department of Energy for an exclusive right to develop, explore, and mine coal resources on Semirara Island in the town of Caluya, Antique. [3] The company discovered coal mining sites in Semirara in Unong ...
A longstanding partisan divide over federal coal reserves was deepened by 2016 federal lease sale moratorium under former Democratic President Barack Obama. Trump officials scuttled the moratorium ...
The Philippines' central bank lifted on Thursday a moratorium on establishing digital banks to promote financial inclusion and digital transformation. The Monetary Board has allowed a maximum of ...