As the House committee on appropriations resumes hearing today in reference to the funding of the Bataan nuke plant, the Network Opposed to BNPP Revival! (NO to BNPP Revival!) slams proposed schemes of proponent Rep. Mark Cojuangco on how to finance the rehabilitation and eventual operation of the mothballed plant.
“Rep. Cojuangco plans to fund [...]

In commemoration of EDSA I People Power Revolution, hundreds of militant activists in Manila held a protest caravan against the revival of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Church people, environmentalists, scientists, health professionals, farmers, fisherfolks and women joined the caravan which was organized by the multi-sectoral alliance NO to BNPP Revival.
“The fight to revive [...]

The Network Opposed to Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Revival (NO to BNPP Revival!) has been formally launched today; the broadest alliance of activists, scientists, environmentalists, legislators, different sectoral formations of peasants, fisherfolk, health, church, and other prominent personalities, commencing a renewed era of opposition to the decades-old project.
“The network’s launch communicates the people’s response and [...]

Scientists and environmental activists picketed in front of the House of Representatives this morning to denounce plans of reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The protesters brought an effigy of a coffin to symbolize their contention that the BNPP is long dead and should be permanently put to the grave.
The bill seeking the plant’s [...]

Greenpeace today warned that Congress is off to speed up the passage of the Bataan Nuclear Plant revival bill regardless of serious social and environmental costs, and are using myths and abusing scientific data to support their bid.

An alliance of progressive sectoral and environmental groups dispute the basis for re-commissioning the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) as it imperils the future of our country and is a repeat of the wrongs of the past.
Senate Bill No. 2665, or the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Re-commissioning Act of 2008, is claimed “to revisit [...]

“While the effort of the proponents and the government to reopen the plant seems to be in full steam, reopening the Bataan nuclear power plant should take into account the economic, technical and social aspects of the plant’s operation,” cautioned Dr. Giovanni Tapang, AGHAM National Chairperson.

Yesterday, Malacañang announced that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued Executive Order 774 which reorganizes the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change which she now heads.
Greenpeace Southeast Asia Climate and Energy Campaigner Amalie Obusan said:
“Although the intent of the Executive Order 774 to step up environmental protection may seem sincere and creditable, the Executive Order is [...]

Greenpeace today called on Filipino legislators to stop abetting ‘nuclear madness,’ and denounced moves by congress representatives pushing for re-commissioning of the controversial Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).
According to reports, more than a hundred members of the House of Representatives are set to seek the passage of a bill to rehabilitate the BNPP. The [...]

An alliance of progressive sectoral and environmental groups dispute the basis for re-commissioning the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) as it imperils the future of our country and is a repeat of the wrongs of the past.
Senate Bill No. 2665, or the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Re-commissioning Act of 2008, is claimed “to revisit [...]

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged the Senate to disapprove the administration bill granting a 25-year congressional franchise to a consortium financed by a Hongkong-based company which won the bidding to operate the country’s power transmission system.
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By Ibon Features |  The market price of crude oil has more than doubled over the past year. And oil prices continue to fluctuate, with industry players blaming a number of factors, including jitters caused by the current financial crisis in the US. Skyrocketing oil prices have thus become a global concern and a source of much debate as to what really lies behind them.

High prices of commodities could also have been mitigated if government had not surrendered control over the oil industry by maintaining oil deregulation.

Greenpeace calls for immediate passage of Renewable Energy Bill
Manila, 28 August 2008–Greenpeace today slammed Secretary Lito
Atienza’s implicit support for a dirty coal plant in Iloilo despite
local opposition, and criticized the government’s two-faced energy
policy which continues to invest in coal even as the passage of
Renewable Energy bill remains in a limbo in the Senate.
“Secretary Atienza could [...]

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan joined labor and transport groups today in demanding a substantial rollback in oil prices after world crude prices significantly went down over the past few weeks.
Various groups staged simultaneous noise barrage actions in different protest centers to air their call for a rollback and for the removal of [...]