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CLIMATE activists have slammed Aboitiz Power Corporation and Jera, Japan’s largest power generation company, for alleged continued promotion of fossil gas in Asia.Lidy Nacpil, coordinator of Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development and convenor of the Asian Energy Network , called Jera’s energy strategy “deceptive and dishonest.
”“Jera’s entire operations run on fossil fuel in contradiction with its own narrative of pursuing decarbonization and also in contradiction with the finding of the International Energy Agency that we can’t have new oil and gas fields anymore,” said Nacpil in a statement to the media.According to the groups, Jera “is the sponsor of the ongoing Singapore International Energy Week.
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