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Is the island of the Philippine Going Nuclear?

1976 This Month:F Jsbraza (adopted from Npc's oil paintings) The National Power Corporation (NPC) contracted Westinghouse to to build the very first nuclear project in Morong, Bataan. Meanwhile, NPC continued to construct power plants, completing nine major facilities from 1974 to 1977. In Luzon: -Tiwi and Mak-Ban Geothermals - Pantabangan Hydro In Visayas: -Naga Thermal -Tongonan Geothermal In Mindanao: -Agus VI Hydro Yet on 1986 when President Corazon Aquino ascended to the presidency, the Nuclear Power Plant was opposed, power rates continues were increasing, The Nuclear Issue the 19979 three-mile Island Disaster in Pennsylvania, USA and the 1986 Chernobyl Accident in the USSR led opposition leaders to urge the government eventually upgraded the plant's safety features. to be continued...

ENVIRONMENTal (climate change)

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Some useful links World Meteorological Organization (WMO) United Nations (UN) United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva (UNEP) United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (UNEP) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) UN Gateway to Climate Change Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Global Environment Facility (GEF) Linkages by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) IPCC Data Distribution Centre IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme IPCC Working Group I IPCC Working Group II IPCC Working Group III The Ozone Secretariat, UNEP United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Government websites with public outreach material