Tag: fossil fuel

Palawan's expensive electricity and threats to coastal livelihoods fuel renewed calls for renewable energy over expanded offshore drilling

Palawan’s petroleum expansion is raising concerns over protected marine areas, fisheries, coastal livelihoods and the province’s ecological future

Power shortages exposed economic cost of unreliable generation as regulators face calls for tougher accountability and faster renewables

Coalition says repeated outages and rising generation charges are squeezing households already struggling with stagnant wages and costs

Civil society groups say AIIB’s next decade should give affected communities greater protection, participation and access to remedy

Energy advocate blames fossil-fuel expansion and weak oversight for outages, rising costs and continued pressure on Filipino consumers

Climate advocates warn unchanged renewable energy targets and fossil fuel dependence leave vulnerable communities exposed to worsening disasters

Outage records renew concerns over reliability as Meralco weighs long-term coal supply amid grid instability in the Philippines

Advocates say expanding gas procurement could burden households outside Meralco areas while new renewable capacity prepares to enter the grid

Consumer groups warn gas auction could shift volatile fuel costs to households and raise electricity bills across Philippines