THE planned expansion of the Thermal Visayas Inc. (TVI) coal power plant in Toledo, Cebu, has become Target No. 1 for local climate and anti-fossil fuel activists in recent months.
THE planned expansion of the Thermal Visayas Inc. coal power plant in Toledo, Cebu, has become Target No. 1 for local climate and anti-fossil fuel activists in recent months. This is understandable given the reasonable aspiration of the eventual elimination of fossil fuel-based electricity generation, and the expansion plan should have been an opportunity for a mature exchange of views and exploration of effective solutions.
This claim has been made and subsequently debunked elsewhere as well, and given the ease with which anyone can check on the license and permit status of a business; it is one of the dumber lies spread by the various protestors against the project.Contrary to what the activists claimed, the barangay captains' statement explained, TVI is strongly supported by the local community and has been a good corporate neighbor.
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