The Court of Appeals (CA) has invalidated the lease development agreement and the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) of a consortium of energy firms proposing to put up a coal-fired power plant inside this free port.
After almost a year of controversy, a government-initiated 18-hole golf course project has been granted an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje should withdraw the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued to a consortium of energy firms that wants to build a coal-fired power plant here and instead support efforts to expand a power plant in Masinloc town to protect Subic Bay, said Zambales Vice Gov. Ramon Lacbain II.
Businessmen, officials and residents of communities around this economic zone protested the issuance of an amended environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to the proponent of a coal-fired power plant here, citing pending issues and opposition against the project.
The Employees Compensation Commission (ECC), an agency attached to the Department of Labor and Employment, explained to the listeners of “Isyu ng Bayan” on Radyo Inquirer early Sunday the benefits the people can avail from them.
Xstrata’s Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) said it was hoping the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would issue a favorable decision this time on its application for environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
