Drilling rigs in nature reserves: Tensions heighten as Philippine clean energy projects encroach on conservation areas

Wind and solar expansion in the Philippines could mean renewables targets are met, but it has also worried environmentalists. A proposed wind farm in the Masungi Georeserve could impact up to a thousand hectares of karst landscape.

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