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Locals clean up coal spill in Zambales fish sanctuary
Residents and volunteers collect spilled coal accumulating along the coastline. —PHOTOS COURTESY OF PCG ZAMBALES
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November 5, 2024November 5, 2024Environment

Locals clean up coal spill in Zambales fish sanctuary

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MASINLOC, Zambales—As leader of the San Salvador Biodiversity Friendly Association, Edna Sarmiento is committed to conservation projects such as planting mangroves, monitoring environmental violations, and pushing cleanups in the Masinloc-Oyon Bay Protected Seascape and Landscape (MOBPLS). This is why Sarmiento and her group were gravely alarmed when, last Oct. 24, a barge carrying more than...

Environmental damage feared after coal barge runs aground in Zambales fish sanctuary
San Salvador Island, one of the marine sanctuaries in Masinloc Oyon Bay Protected Seascape and Landscape, is now under threat as a barge containing coal ran aground during the onslaught of severe tropical storm Kristine. —PHOTO BY JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT
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October 30, 2024October 30, 2024Environment

Environmental damage feared after coal barge runs aground in Zambales fish sanctuary

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MASINLOC, Zambales—Local residents are worried about a marine disaster after a barge carrying more than 11,000 metric tons (MT) of coal ran aground last week in a fish sanctuary within a government-declared protected seascape off this town. Nestor Dait, 67, the chair of the Bantay Dagat civilian volunteer group in Masinloc, said the barge Katapatan...