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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has declared a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Middle East war, which his administration said posed “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply”.

The state of emergency, which will initially last for a year, was declared just hours after the country’s energy secretary said the Philippines planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments.

“A state of national energy emergency is hereby declared in light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and the resulting imminent danger posed upon the availability and stability of the country’s energy supply,” the executive order released on Tuesday evening said.

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

less than 10 yrs from now climate change will cause the biggest mass migrations in mankind history

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 59 minutes ago

The futurama episode on climate change is hilarious and they show real data.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago

You know what's terrible though? The conventional wisdom is that increases in migration give right wing candidates a boost in the polls. That's why they like pollution, their friends make more money, it affects poor people most, and down the line (they believe) it will hand them every election.

I can only hope the conventional wisdom is wrong in this case.

[–] dotCody@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I had no idea duterte the criminal was finally arrested 🤣

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Is that the fucking gambit? More coal?

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Pretty standard for a post colonial / global south nation with limited resources. Especially when the alternative is to go without electricity.

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 3 points 9 hours ago

What's the alternative for a not-so-wealthy country in the short term?

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

They’re poor

[–] brem@lemmy.world -1 points 9 hours ago

Destabilize before invasion, any side effects are a benefit towards the end game, which is to weaken the US on the world stage and start a war that gives power to the newly rebuilt Soviet Union & it's henchmen.