{"id":56494,"date":"2023-02-28T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/?p=56494"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:08:07","slug":"greenpeace-on-tablas-oil-spill-threat-fossil-fuel-industry-a-ticking-time-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/56494\/greenpeace-on-tablas-oil-spill-threat-fossil-fuel-industry-a-ticking-time-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace on Tablas oil spill threat: Fossil fuel industry a ticking time-bomb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (28 February 2023) \u2014 Oil tanker MT Princess Empress sank in the Tablas Strait near Oriental Mindoro, with 800,000L of industrial fuel oil threatening to spill.<\/p>\n\n

\"\"
Updated photo: A 6-kilometer-long by 4-kilometer-wide OIL SPILLAGE monitored by BRP Melchora Aquino at Balingawan Point, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on March 1, 2023 around 06:10AM.
\u00a9 Philippine Coast Guard<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Reacting to this, Greenpeace campaigner Jefferson Chua said:<\/p>\n\n

\u201cFossil fuels destroy biodiversity and human lives. When incidents like oil spills happen, companies are allowed to just move on, while fisherfolk and coastal communities bear the brunt of the consequences.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe oil industry is a ticking time-bomb for the country, which is already bearing the burden of climate impacts year after year. If the government is really committed to protecting the environment, as it has claimed since its inauguration, it must end the Philippines\u2019 fossil fuel dependence and start making oil, coal, and gas corporations accountable. The fossil fuel industry must pay for their businesses\u2019 direct impacts on our environment, as well as the massive loss and damage resulting from the impacts of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cFossil fuel corporations are morally obligated to make the shift to renewable energy sources \u2014 and, based on their record profits last year, have more than enough capacity to do so. We demand that these companies acknowledge the danger they are putting us in, pay climate reparations, and stop further expansion of their toxic operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\n\n

Media Contact<\/h2>\n\n

Maverick Russel Flores, Communications Campaigner
Greenpeace Philippines | maverick.flores@greenpeace.org | +63 9176211552<\/p>\n\n

\n

Related Articles<\/h2>\n
  • See all stories<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n

    <\/p>\n\n \n\n