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Don't Let Our Corals Become Coal !

Don't Let Our Corals Become Coal !

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To the members of the 3 Environmental and Energy commissions in Bangkok – the ICEH (Independant Commission of Environment and Health), the ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission) and the ONEP (Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning):
The Island of Koh Lanta and the Krabi province are battling to save their beloved islands, their National Marine parks and their untouched coral reefs.

A 800 MW Coal Plant is to be built in Krabi and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) plans to transport coal from Indonesia up into the Andaman sea into Koh Lanta, where there will be a coal dock.

A shipping lane, with 90 tankers a day, will be built and go right through the National Marine Parks of Koh Lanta and Koh Phi Phi Islands, up into the mangroves of Krabi and as a result totally ruining one of the most unique coral reefs and eco- systems in the whole world - The Phi Phi Island and Koh Ha Islands, as it is acknowledged that coal “accidently drops” from the barges into the sea.

When the whole world is focusing on addressing alternative green energies, it is unacceptable that Thailand opts for coal as safe and clean energy as it is notoriously known that coal fly ash pollutes the air with highly toxic carcinogen agents such as arsenic, nickel, benzene, mercury and contaminates the surrounding rivers and sea.

As EGAT never informed the locals on Koh Lanta and Krabi about the dangers of coal and consequently violated Thai Environmental Law, the Thai Constitution and the Rights of the People, locals request a new public hearing to voice their concern and say NO to Coal.

Please, we ask you to join us in our call to say No to Coal and Yes for the Rule of Law and to pressure the Environmental and Energy commissions in Bangkok to look into the legality of this project !
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