Filed under: End the nuclear age, Life at work | Tags: BNPP, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Philippines, No To BNPP, Congress, Lobbying, lawmaking, greenpeacebuzz
Yesterday I went to Congress with other volunteers to help our campaigners lobby at Congress.
The plan was simple we would go from door to door to every signle lawmaker’s office, and give them the information pack that has all the materials that we’ve produced to substantiate our argument against nukes, along with the names of those who signed our weeklong online petition.
Filed under: End the nuclear age | Tags: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Philippines, Nuclear, No Nukes, Bataan, No To BNPP, Bike Ride, Congress
The bike ride that began in the far flung town of Morong, Bataan concludes with thousands of concerned Filipinos sending a clear message to the House of Representatives to reject any proposal for nuclear power in the country and instead enable massive uptake of renewable energy.
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One of the bikers talking about the Bike Ride to kids in San Fernando, Pampanga
After repeatedly hearing Heber Bartolome’s ‘Payag ka ba?‘ for the nth time during the bike ride its easy to think that being part of the movement against nukes means enlisting to a perpetual battle of putting the nuclear threat kept at bay.
But what seems like a perpetual defensive on the dangers of nukes is actually a misnomer, because one needs not only to look at the issue of nuclear power from the vantage point of someone who wants it to be stopped. I mean yes, it needs to be stopped, because it is an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity. The only solution is to halt the expansion of all nuclear power, and for the shutdown of existing plants.
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Volunteers of Greenpeace, Livestrong and Firefly Brigade leave Morong, Bataan.
After a few mishaps last night including an injury, car problem and hours of delay. We arrived exhausted. It was there in Morong that we all spent the night in an elementary school classroom.
By 5AM the following morning I was surprised that the sun was almost up, and the folks from Live Strong were already prepared and warming up in the basketball court adjacent to the room where we were all sleeping.
Signage that marks the location of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
At 7:30 AM we were already reciting the responsorial Psalm at the send-off liturgy that was led by Fr. Ronnie of the Diocese of Morong, and the Nuclear-Free Bataan Movement (NFBM), by the time he sprinkled the bikers with his blessing we were off, from the town proper of Morong to the gate of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), there we took pictures at the guarded gates of the plant.
Filed under: End the nuclear age | Tags: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Nukes, Philippines, IAEA, Nuclear symbol
Not many people are aware of it, but here’s the new international symbol for radiation:
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I believe that one reason why the powers that be in the government and the energy sector are all keen on pushing for the revival the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is partly because of the fact that we all have come to believe that Bataan is too far off from Manila, for it to affect us in the event of a nuclear accident.
Filed under: End the nuclear age, Life at work | Tags: BNPP, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Nukes, Philippines, Mark Cojuangco, Blogs, Market Manila, Cyberactivism
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I couldn’t believe my eyes when I learned last Saturday that Congressman Mark Cojuangco, himself was posting blog comments over at Market Manila Man’s blog.
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I’ve spent the whole day asking people to sign petition against nukes and the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
In the duration of the day I could hardly count the number of times I’ve answered this question: Does signing a petition still make a difference?
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A week ago we started posting apropos of the BNPP revival on our Facebook profile and yesterday, we thought that it is timely to pose this question: “If ever the Philippines pushes through with a nuclear program, do you think the Philippine government will be able to properly respond in the event of a nuclear disaster?” responses from people came really quick.
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Filed under: End the nuclear age | Tags: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Nukes, Bataan, bands, Music, Nuklus Band, Anti-BNPP Veterans, greenpeacebuzz
I was surprised when I opened the Greenpeace Youtube channel this morning.
I got a message on our inbox coming from veterans of the historic anti-Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), campaign in the 80s. The message was from the NUKLUS Band, an alternative and progressive rock band that performed during the 80’s. They were the ones who composed the song “Dambuhala Sa Morong” (Monster of Morong), in 1980 which became the battle-cry of the Philippine anti-nukes movement at the time.
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