Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior, anchored alongside Pagbilao coal plant, painted the words 'Quit Coal' on the hull of a 223 meter vessel 'Sam John Spirit' standing by to unload yet another shipment of thousands of tons of coal at Pagbilao power plant in the Philippines. The Rainbow Warrior is in the Philippines on its 'Quit Coal-Save the Climate' tour of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The Rainbow Warrior has anchored alongside the said coal-fired power plant since yesterday to expose how coal causes climate change and to send a message that the Philippines should stop building and expanding harmful coal-fired power plants. The Pagbilao coal plant is one of nine currently in the government's pipeline for either expansion or construction.

The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior today blocked coal shipments at the Pagbilao coal-fired power plant in Quezon province, 150 kilometers southwest of Manila to protest the impending expansion of the said plant. The Rainbow Warrior anchored alongside the coal ship Medi Firenze unloading a cargo of coal at the Pagbilao plant's loading pier, and prevented a bigger shipment of coal--from the 223 meter vessel Sam John Spirit standing by to unload--from approaching.

A giant banner reading "Quit coal" the Rainbow Warrior's masts to drive home the message that the Philippine government should stop building and expanding harmful coal-fired power plants.

Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior docked today in Legazpi City, Albay province, 556 kilometers south of Manila, to kick off a month-long ‘Quit coal, save the climate’ tour of the Philippines. “We are here to expose the role of coal in climate change, the greatest threat to life and biodiversity on the planet. We are here to highlight the urgent need for adoption of strong mitigation and adaptation measures to tackle the worst impacts of climate change,” said Mike Fincken, skipper of the Rainbow Warrior.

Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Greetings from the Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP) and
the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UN-ISDR)!

We are pleased to invite you to the Third Global Congress of Women in
Politics and Governance which will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the
Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the
congress is “Gender and Climate Change”.

Women and environment experts have raised concern over the absence of

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