{"id":66601,"date":"2024-07-27T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T08:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/?p=66601"},"modified":"2024-07-27T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T08:29:32","slug":"greenpeace-presses-the-president-for-climate-action-as-communities-recovering-from-massive-floods-brace-for-the-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/press\/66601\/greenpeace-presses-the-president-for-climate-action-as-communities-recovering-from-massive-floods-brace-for-the-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace presses the President for climate action as communities recovering from massive floods brace for the oil spill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Philippine Coast Guards prepare the spill booms to be loaded in a tugboat at the port in Limay, Bataan.
\u00a9 Noel Celis \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (27 July 2024) \u2014 Satellite images of the site of the sunken MT Terranova in Bataan have confirmed an oil spill might affect Bulacan, Cavite, and Pampanga. Greenpeace climate campaigner Jefferson Chua said:<\/p>\n\n

 \u201cWhat we have feared is coming true. There is indeed an oil spill from the MT Terranova and it is headed for Bulacan, Cavite, and Pampanga.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThis is a fossil fuel nightmare. Communities that are still reeling from massive floods now have to brace for the impending ecological disaster from an oil spill. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cPresident Ferdinand Marcos Jr. must support these communities, hold fossil fuel companies accountable, and make them pay for damages.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cOil spills are a danger to coastal and marine resources. Their effects on ecosystems, and therefore on the means of livelihood and sustenance of many coastal communities, are real and lasting.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s oil spill in Mindoro tells us that the government\u2019s capacity to deal with a crisis at such a scale is already limited, what more if it comes in the wake of a superstorm?<\/p>\n\n

\u201cBoth the floods and the oil spill can be traced back to the fossil fuel industry. It is time for swift and determined climate action from our government. Make oil and gas companies pay for polluting our waters and for fueling the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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