‘No to coal ash dumping in Balili lot’
January 29, 2012

 AN ENVIRONMENTALISTS’ group yesterday reiterated its opposition on coal ash dumping at the Balili beach property in Naga City, south Cebu.

Mark Dia, country representative of Greenpeace Philippines, said coal-ash endangers the environment and the people.
“Coal ash is a highly toxic material. That is a given. No one would refute that,” Dia said.

He requested the Cebu provincial government, which owns the Balili beach property, to consider the environment in its aim for development.

“Please think of the environment when you make a decision,” said Dia when asked about his message to the province.
Dia said they are happy that three Greenpeace activists were cleared by court on acusations of unlawfully entering the Balili beach property.

“We are happy. They just bear witness to the environmental crime in dumping coal-ash at the Balili beach,” he said.
He said they will continue opposing the plan of the Capitol to dump coal-ash in the area.

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