Greenpeace flagship in Manila

The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, arrives in Manila today, May 28.  A press conference will be held at 11am (GMT +8).  The 55-meter three-masted schooner will dock at the Manila yacht Club tomorrow Thursday.

Last week the Rainbow Warrior was in Pagbilao, Quezon to protest the Pagbilao coal-fired power station's planned expansion.  A giant banner on the ship's masts reading "Quit coal" urged the Philippine government to stop building and expanding coal-fired power plants, according to 7thspace.com.

In line with this protest, the environmental activist group called for G8 countries to resign their reliance on coal as an energy source.  The group encouraged global leaders to follow the lead of Governor Joey Salcedo of Albay province in the Bicol region of the Philippines, southeast of Metro Manila.

The Rainbow Warrior is in the Philippines to spearhead the Greenpeace “Quit Coal Tour” in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The tour aims to promote solutions to stop climate change -- an energy revolution away from the use of climate-damaging coal, and a massive shift to renewable energy.

Details and photos gathered from 7thSpace.com, abs-cbnnews.com, inquirer.net, and greenepeace.org.