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Greenpeace protests coal-fired power plants (Manila)
Posted 06:10am (Mla time) June 01, 2005
By Christine Gaylican
Inquirer News Service



Editor's Note: Published on page A3 of the June 1, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

GREENPEACE activists yesterday stormed Mirant Corp.'s headquarters in Manila bearing banners branding the American power company a toxic polluter and climate killer.

Rappelling down the facade of the Mirant building, the Greenpeace protesters, however, were apprehended for trespassing on the company's premises on Roxas Boulevard.

In a report, Greenpeace said results of tests on ash byproducts taken from Mirant's coal power plants in Toledo City in central Philippines found the presence of mercury, a known carcinogen.

"Mirant is gambling with people's lives with the planned expansion of its climate-killing toxic-producing coal plants," said Red Constantino, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Regional Energy campaigner. <snip>

http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=38826

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