Philippines: On May 4 anti-coal activists from all over the Philippines will converge in a climate march that aims to mobilize 10,000 people in Batangas City, where JG Summit Holdings aims to put up a 600-Megawatt coal fired power plant that is set to occupy a 20-hectare site in Barangay Pinamucan Ibaba, Batangas City. The people will be demanding the cancellation of the coal plant in Batangas as well as all 27 other proposed plants in the Philippines.
South Africa: Two actions will take place each with hundreds of people highlighting the local impacts of coal and climate change. The first on May 12 will see people gathering in Emalahleni, one of the most polluted towns in the world, to speak out on the effects of climate change. The second on May 14 is focused on the Gupta residence in Saxonwold, Johannesburg.
Turkey: Community leaders will head a mass action in Aliaga on May 15 at a coal waste site to call for a stop to four fossil fuel plant projects in the surrounding area. This action will unite several fights against individual coal plants into a unified stance against the current Turkish government's plan to dramatically expand the use of coal in the country.
UK: The Reclaim the Power network will unite hundreds of people on May 3 at the UK's largest opencast coal mine -- Ffos-y-fran, near Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The action will take place just a few days before the Welsh Assembly elections on May 5. The Welsh Assembly voted for a moratorium on opencast coal mining last April, but this has yet to become legally binding.
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