Stop climate killing coal plants in Thailand

With its flagship the Rainbow Warrior looking on, Greenpeace activists today climbed the loading crane of the BLCP coal plant at Map Ta Phut in Thailand and unfurled banners demanding the plant’s immediate closure, calling on the Thai government to phase out coal power and to commit to renewable energy.

“The catastrophic droughts across Thailand this year cost the country
US $193 million – climate change is causing severe hardship here and across the Southeast Asia region (1) and plants like BLCP are the main culprits,” said Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s Energy spokesperson Tara Buakamsri from Map Ta Phut.

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