CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: Environmental groups had filed a complaint before the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) Central Office in Quezon City on Friday, asking for the suspension and cancellation of the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) granted to power energy developers of a project in Batangas City.

The Protect the Verde Island Passage (Protect VIP) and the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED) filed the complaint against the issuance of an ECC for the project of the AG&P-Linseed to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal facility in Batangas City and the San Miguel Corp.-Excellent Energy Resources Inc. (SMC-EERI) that is constructing a 1.75 gigawatts (GW) LNG power plant in the same vicinity.

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