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BNPP recommissioning proponent Cojuangco has no feasibility study, only...
I attended a Congressional hearing today (Feb. 2) held by the Committee on Appropriations on the bill “mandating the rehabilitation, commissioning and commercial operation of the Bataan nuclear power...
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Cojuangco’s BNPP bill will tax renewables to fund nuclear plant
While the rest of the world want to subsidize renewable energy to hasten our shift to renewables, Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan instead wants renewables to subsidize the rehabilitation of a nuclear...
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Cojuangco’s cavalier method of costing the BNPP recommissioning
Setting aside the more important consideration of safety for the moment, the overall cost of recommissioning the Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP) as proposed by Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan...
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Five years from now, can nuclear plants compete with solar power?
A bill sponsored by Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan is being rushed for approval in Congress. If the bill passes, the Philippine government will raise up to $1 billion to finance the recommissioning...
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Studies show more cancers around nuclear plants
Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan wants the government to raise up to $1 billion to recommission the Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP), which has been idle for 22 years. Conjuangco insists, with no...
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BNPP feasibility study: Cojuangco has none, doesn’t want any
I finally got a chance to engage in a discussion Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan, sponsor of the bill to recommission the Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP). The occasion was the Kamayan Forum last...
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BNPP: Cojuangco persists in nuclear folly
Last March 5, the Committee on Appropriations of the Philippine Congress approved an amendment to the proposed bill that will rehabilitate and recommission the mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant...
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Cojuangco repeats lie: no nuclear plant deaths outside Chernobyl
We must thank the Philippine Daily Inquirer for printing Rep. Mark Cojuangco’s article in their March 8, 2009 issue, Talk of the Town Section. In that article, Cojuangco publicly defends his position...
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Carbon footprint of various sources of electricity. Lowest: run-of-the-river...
A 2006 UK study by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology compares the life-cycle carbon footprints of a number of energy sources. The study can provide a good starting point for research,...
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BNPP: Mark Cojuangco failed to prove his case
[A shorter version of this article was published on March 15, 2009 by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Talk of the Town Section, p.A14. I am posting here the full article as submitted. The portions left...
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Why the BNPP should be every Filipino’s concern
A move is afoot in the House of Representatives, initiated by Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan, to rehabilitate for commercial operation the Bataan nuclear power plant (BNPP). The BNPP has been...
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BNPP debate: Rep. Mark Cojuangco responds
[This response by Rep. Mark Cojuangco to earlier articles opposing the recommissioning of the BNPP was published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on May 6, 2009.] Why we need Bataan nuclear plant now I...
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KEPCO “feasibility study” for BNPP rehab: a P100 million zarzuela
Rep. Mark Cojuangco’s pet bill H.B. 6300 on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has been scheduled by the House of Representatives for plenary debates when it reconvenes in July. Incongruously, while...
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