The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant

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246 بار بازدید - 2 ماه پیش - (6 Jun 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Ilijan, Batangas, Philippines - 12 August 2023
++VOICEOVER THROUGHOUT EDIT - SEE STORYLINE FOR TRANSCRIPTION++
1. Various drone shots of LNG power plant

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Verde Island passage, Batangas, Philippines - 25 January 2024
2. Children playing on beach with LNG plant on the background

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Ilijan, Batangas, Philippines - 8 August 2023
3. Various of LNG tanker docked on Batangas next to LNG power plant under construction

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Quezon, Philippines - 12 August 2023
4. Wide of Gerry Arances, executive director of Philippine nonprofit the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development, during interview
5. Photos and poster reading “Protect Verde Island passage”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerry Arances, executive director of the Philippine nonprofit Center for Energy, Ecology and Development: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“It’s mindboggling that you know the Philippines, a climate-vulnerable country would still pursue dirty fuels, fossil fuels that exacerbate climate disasters.”

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Santa Clara, Batangas, Philippines - 8 August 2023
7. Various of LNG plant seen from Santa Clara community

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Verde Island passage, Batangas, Philippines - 24 January 2024
8. Underwater shot of corals and fish at Verde Island passage
9. Sea snake on seafloor
10. Fisherman swimming

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Santa Clara, Batangas, Philippines - 8 August 2023
11. Wide of Santa Clara fishing community with LNG plant on the background
12. Batangas resident Wilma Abanil at her home

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Verde Island, Batangas, Philippines - 25 January 2024
13. Fisherman showing with his catch

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Santa Clara, Batangas, Philippines - 8 August 2023
14. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Wilma Abanil, Batangas resident: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"We were happy that we were successfully working, earning. We could send our children to school. We could support our family when they got sick. But these days we have nothing.”

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Verde Island, Batangas, Philippines - 25 January 2024
15. Fisherman carrying net with his catch walking on Verde Island
16. Fisherman pulling octopus out of the net

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Ilijan, Batangas, Philippines - 8 August 2023
17. Various of LNG power plant under construction

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++VIDEO CALL++
Manila, Philippines - 23 November 2023
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Rino Abad, Philippine Department of Energy fossil fuels director:  ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“We cannot go back to coal. We just have to make our best choice which is natural gas, flexible, very clean.”

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Ilijan, Batangas, Philippines - 11 August 2023
19. Various of rear of LNG tanker vessel docked in Batangas
STORYLINE:
THE PHILIPPINES IS SEEING ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BUILDOUTS OF NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH AMBITIONS TO BECOME A HUB FOR THE ENTIRE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

THE COASTAL PROVINCE OF BATANGAS ALONE ALREADY HAS FOUR PLANTS AND ANOTHER FOUR ARE PLANNED THERE, ALMOST TWO DOZEN COUNTRYWIDE.

BUT THE BUILDOUT MEANS ADDITIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF A MAJOR COUNTRY.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY THE COUNTRY SHOULDN’T BE INVESTING IN FOSSIL FUELS AT A TIME WHEN RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY HAS NEVER BEEN CHEAPER.

SOUNDBITE (English) Gerry Arances, executive director of the Philippine nonprofit Center for Energy, Ecology and Development:
“It’s mindboggling that the Philippines, a climate-vulnerable country, would still pursue dirty fuels which exacerbate climate disasters.”



FISHING COMMUNITIES ARE SEEING THE IMPACT, TOO.







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