We support the call of the Visayas EcoConvergence, as Negros Island leads the way in rejecting coal power plants and the transition to renewable energy. We demand an immediate mine audit of the continued operations of Semirara coal mines in Antique. We suspect that we are not benefiting from this mine operations, because it has too many incentives, it is not transparent in its tax payments and it has a very incomplete cost-benefit analysis. We export most, if not the total co

ATM Press Release February 12, 2020 Quezon City – Various environmental groups yesterday, led by local organizations in Nueva Vizcaya, expressed their strong opposition against the renewal of the mining contract of Ocean Gold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI). Green group Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) supported the call of Didipio Earth Savers Multisectoral Alliance (DESAMA) and demanded the immediate cancellation of Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement No. 001(FTAA # 1) owned by