Several bishops from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija have urged the government to invest in renewable energy infrastructures as they opposed the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant in Alaminos, Pangasinan. In a pastoral letter signed by Archbishop Socrates Villegas (Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan), Bishop Fidelis Layog (Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan), Bishop Daniel Presto (Diocese of San