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Hands off nukes

Feature story | September 12, 2007 at 6:00

Greenpeace activists scaled the PT Medco Energi Internasional headquarters, to hang a 30-meter long banner proclaiming “Medco Hands off Nuclear” in central Jakarta today. The activists are demanding that Medco abort its deal with the Korean Hydro...

Greenpeace welcomes Nahdhatul Ulama decision

Press release | September 4, 2007 at 8:00

Greenpeace welcomed the decision of Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) which has forbidden the Indonesian Government from pursuing their plan to build the Muria nuclear power plant, near Jepara in Central Java. Greenpeace and local communities have been...

Greenpeace victories

Hub | August 23, 2010 at 16:10

Find out how Greenpeace helped bring about positive environmental changes in the world and in Southeast Asia.

Reprocessed nuclear waste shipment to pass by Philippine waters

Feature story | April 8, 2009 at 6:00

The largest ever transport of dangerous reprocessed nuclear waste may put Philippine waters at risk if the government does not pro-actively prevent its passage in the vicinity of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) early next month,...

“Nuclear Energy = Dangerous Energy”

Feature story | April 2, 2007 at 6:00

Greenpeace activists today picketed the high-profile’ IndoNuclear 2007’ conference In Jakarta, with banners proclaiming : “Nuclear Energy = Dangerous Energy” to protest against the false and dangerous solutions being discussed at the conference...

Thailand's Nuclear Plan is a waste of time, money and no solution for energy...

Press release | February 6, 2008 at 14:08

Greenpeace today called upon the new Thai government to abolish the Nuclear Power Development office (NPDO) and instead reinvest the hastily approved 1.38 billion baht towards energy efficiency, demand side management and renewable energy promotion.

Greenpeace blasts Pangasinan resolution on nuclear plants

Feature story | February 18, 2010 at 7:00

Greenpeace today urged government leaders to stand fast against the machinations of nuclear energy peddlers, and instead move for the immediate adoption of energy efficiency measures and the fast deployment of renewable energy sources which, it...

Greenpeace calls on Philippine government to scrap all plans for nuclear power

Press release | March 16, 2011 at 14:58

Greenpeace today called on the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to abandon all nuclear power plans, including those currently included the Philippine Energy Plan and the Energy Reform Agenda, and instead focus on achieving...

"Nuclear power a dangerous and expensive distraction"

Feature story | November 18, 2008 at 7:00

Greenpeace today contested a Senate bill that seeks to re-commission the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), asserting that such a move is extremely dangerous and unwise. The environment group presented their position paper, which will...

Closure of German nuke plants a signal for The Philippines

Press release | May 31, 2011 at 16:15

The immediate closure of eight nuclear power plants in Germany yesterday should serve as an important signal for the Philippines to abandon nuclear power plans, Greenpeace said today as they hailed the decision of the German government —...

Say you want a [r]evolution?

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | August 16, 2010

Lately there’s a lot of clamour for energy sources that can meet our electrical needs in the face of catastrophic climate change. At the same time, this has also been taken up by the nuclear lobby in order to push forward their...

James Lovelock and Chernobyl: anecdotal versus empirical evidence

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | August 10, 2009 1 comment

From Nuclear Reaction A couple of weeks ago we talked about eminent environmentalist James Lovelock and his idea for burying nuclear waste in the rainforests because… One of the striking things about places heavily...

April, 23 years ago…

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | April 26, 2009

From Nuclear Reaction It is April 25th 1986 Technicians at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine are ordered to test the safety emergency reactor core cooling system on the Number 4 reactor. The test is delayed during the...

ASEAN+3: Not for Nukes, $ for Renewables - Climate Action Now

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | April 14, 2009

From Nuclear Reaction Greenpeace activists gathered outside the main gate of the ASEAN+3 Summit venue in Thailand . They were there to highlight that it’s time for the government leaders meeting at the summit turn the current...

Patrick Moore on nuclear safety

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | March 19, 2009 2 comments

Patrick Moore at the Rockland Business Association's annual meeting Lobbyists and proponents of the biotechnology, logging and nuclear industries have always cited Patrick Moore , as an example of an environmental activist who...

Al Gore doesn't think nuclear power is the answer

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | March 18, 2009

From Greenpeace: Making Waves It's always nice when people agree with you. We've maintained that nuclear power is a dangerous distraction to the real solutions to the climate crisis for a long time now. It's dirty, it's unsafe, it's...

I want a nukes-free future!

Blog entry by Veronica Rodriguez | March 24, 2011

The next day after I was born, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded. I remember how thankful I was that I am a Filipino born and living in the Philippines. I was thinking how I would survive if I was born in Ukraine,...

Learning from history

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | March 29, 2011

I once read a book, entitled “ The Poverty of Memory” and one of the main theses of the book is that the Philippines is what it is today because of being guilty of one particular sin -- the sin of forgetting. The major reason...

Danger: Nuclear power

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | May 20, 2009 1 comment

Not many people are aware of it, but here’s the new international symbol for radiation: According to the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) which promotes nuclear energy, the symbol means “you are in danger, stop, run...

If only it was as simple as Facebook...

Blog entry by Chuck Baclagon | May 15, 2009 6 comments

Fan our Facebook page by clicking the photo 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...

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