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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 18, 2023

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Updated as of Jan 19 12:13 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Protest vs coal mine extension in Germany

Ina Fassbender, AFP
Posted at Jan 18 10:14 AM

Environmentalists block the railway tracks used to transport lignite to RWE's coal fired power plant in Neurath, western Germany. Read more »

NEDA backs EO extending lower tariffs on pork, rice, corn, coal

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 09:32 PM

The board of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has endorsed to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday an executive order to extend lower tariffs currently imposed on imported commodities such as pork, corn, rice, and coal, Sec. Arsenio Balisacan said Saturday. Read more »

DOE: PH to deviate from power resource importation

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 07:47 PM

The Philippines will try to expand the development of the country's indigenous energy resources to finally deviate from power resource importation, the DOE said. Read more »

SMC power unit eyes rate hike as losses reach P15-B

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 04:56 PM

SMC Global Power Holdings Corp is seeking hikes in contracted power rates to recover part of its fuel costs after incurring huge losses from high coal prices. Read more »

Meralco nagbabala ng posibleng rotational brownout, taas-singil

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 21 09:06 PM

Ito ay kung hindi mapagbigyan ang hirit ng Meralco at dalawang power plant na i-adjust ang kontrata para masalo ang pagtaas ng presyo ng fuel na nagpapatakbo sa mga planta. Read more »

China speeding up approvals for new coal plants: Greenpeace

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 02:34 PM

China has ramped up approvals for new coal power plants this year, Greenpeace said Wednesday, with authorities trying to lower the risk of economically painful electricity shortages. Read more »

Short of Russian gas, Austria to reopen coal power station

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 08:38 AM

Austria's government announced that it would reopen a mothballed coal power station because of power shortages arising from reduced deliveries of gas from Russia. Read more »

Top energy producer Australia braces for blackouts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 02:58 PM

Australians were warned to expect blackouts across the east coast, as an energy crisis gripped one of the world's biggest coal and gas producers. Read more »

Marcos says PH 'needs to look' at sustainable energy: Danish envoy

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 04:08 PM

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. underscored the 'need to look' at renewable energy in a meeting with Denmark's ambassador. Read more »

Singil sa kuryente nagbabadyang tumaas pa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 07:25 PM

Nanganganib na lalo pang tumaas ang singil sa kuryente bunsod ng patuloy na pagsirit ng presyo ng langis. Read more »

DOE: Long way to go before Bataan nuclear plant revival

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 06:37 PM

'Mahabang proseso po yan. That safety will be attained when we put up the nuclear power plant,' a DOE exec said. Read more »

Ilang taga-Bataan nagprotesta laban sa 2 coal plants

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 12:56 PM

Nagprotesta ang ilang taga-Bataan sa DENR office sa Quezon City laban sa operasyon ng dalawang coal plants sa bayan ng Limay. Read more »

Green advocates demand reparations from World Bank's IFC, RCBC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 10:48 AM

Environmental advocates have held a coordinated protest to demand climate reparations and immediate action from IFC and RCBC. Read more »

'World faces food crisis due to Ukraine war'

Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 06:39 PM

A global food crisis is said to be looming unless the war in Ukraine is stopped because fertilizer prices are soaring so fast that many farmers can no longer afford them. Read more »

US Supreme Court to hear high-stakes environmental case

Charlotte Plantive, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 09:51 AM

The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is to hear an environmental regulation case on Monday with potentially far-reaching implications for the Biden administration's fight against climate change. Read more »

Here's why PH needs to prioritize energy transition

BrandNews
Posted at Feb 07 09:17 AM

Shifting faster from fossil fuels to renewable energy can save vulnerable communities from the catastrophic effects of climate change. Read more »

[OPINION] Base loads and brownouts

Dean Dela Paz
Posted at Feb 03 12:08 AM

The Luzon grid has been experiencing a series of yellow alerts. The undersupply of power not only reveals gross base load inadequacies and energy mismanagement, but also long term ineptitude. Read more »

Anti-debt group pushes for green energy financing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 02:37 PM

Manila policemen disperse members of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development and its partner organizations who held a flash mobilization at the Fil-Chinese Friendship Arch in Binondo, Manila on Sunday. Read more »

Renewables to improve PH energy security, affordability

BrandNews
Posted at Jan 20 09:00 AM

Renewables can improve the country's energy security, lower electricity rates, and generate more jobs locally. Read more »