In one small town, a coal plant may hold the key to Philippines’ dirty energy exit

In one small town, a coal plant may hold the key to Philippines’ dirty energy exit

Part 1 Bulk carrier ships dot the coast of Villanueva, an industrial town in Misamis Oriental in the southern Philippines. Flying different flags, they deliver raw materials and industrial inputs — coal from Indonesia among them — to power plants and factories. They are constantly arriving, departing, or docking at jetties that jut from small piers. “The ships arrive regularly. The pier in the middle, that belongs to STEAG Mindanao Coal,” said e…