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December 6, 2023 6:55 amTempers flare on 40th Anniversary of TMI meltdown at the San Onofre Nuclear “Community Engagement Panel”
At 4:00 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant had a meltdown. Public Watchdogs’ director of development, Nina Babiarz, was working in Pennsylvania as a reporter not far from the disaster. Forty years later, Babiarz addressed Southern California Edison’s public relations organ, the “Community Engagement Panel”...
Read more →December 5, 2023 6:57 pmWhy you should “Throw out your holiday lights”
According to Forbes, lighting up the Griswold house with Christmas lights would cost the average American about $4,000. Now, one of San Diego’s most trusted consumer advocates has told homeowners to throw out their holiday lights. According to Public Watchdogs’ director of development, Nina Babiarz, SDG&E’s new “peak use” charges could...
Read more →December 4, 2023 6:37 pmNina Babiarz Testimony on Vehicle Miles Travelled
July 9, 2021, Public Watchdogs Director of Development commented on Vehicle Miles travelled. Get The Video. Get The Full Story
Read more →December 3, 2023 6:01 pmNEW LAWSUIT EXPOSES SANDAG’S INCOMPETENCE AND CORRUPTION
SANDAG, the San Diego Area Association of Governments has been sued by its former finance officer Lauren Warrem This story is a summary of the original story published on the front page of the San Diego Union Tribune . It was written by investigative reporter, Jeff McDonald, on...
Read more →October 18, 2023 12:32 pmThe Great American Shakeout and San Onofre nuclear waste
Analysis of how tsunamis and earthquakes could pave the way to a radioactive flooding disaster at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
Read more →June 12, 2023 12:40 pmDesire to move deadly Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) spawns $26M in DOE funding
Millions and millions of pounds of eternally lethal nuclear waste is stranded at the San Onofre failed nuclear power plant because the Department of Energy (DOE) has failed to do its job. KPBS covers the story … Editor’s Note: This news story is published under the Fair Use provision of U.S....
Read more →May 26, 2023 8:38 amWebinar on safety risks at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) draws huge crowd
Click on the image below for the complete, unabridged presentation … … or scroll down for an edited presentation in six short segments. On Tuesday, April 23 at 5:30 Pacific Time, Charles Langley of Public Watchdogs, Gary Headrick of San Clemente Green, keynote speaker Paul Blanch, and Cathy Iwane, a Fukushima...
Read more →May 16, 2023 2:40 pmSan Onofre: A disaster Waiting to Happen
PUBLIC INVITED Mark your calendar for San Onofre Webinar, May 23, 5:30PM Nuclear experts say safety measures could fail with floods, tsunamis, climate change and severe weather DATELINE SAN DIEGO: On May 23, at 5:30 PM, Two groups dedicated to radiation safety, San Clemente Green, and Public Watchdogs, are hosting a...
Read more →March 12, 2023 6:30 pmWhat SANDAG doesn’t want you to know about the new “Vehicle Miles Traveled” tax
Fourteen questions and problems about the Vehicle Miles Traveled tax (VMT), which will violate your privacy, increase your energy costs, and expose you to identity theft and government surveillance. By Nina J. Babiarz, Public Watchdogs’ Director of Development Get Nina’s Testimony at SANDAG in mp4 format. SANDAG, the San Diego Association...
Read more →March 3, 2023 9:53 amThe NRC has kowtowed to political pressure to keep PG&E’s Diablo Canyon open
Advocates at the nonprofit consumer group, Public Watchdogs say that today’s disastrous decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to keep the antiquated Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open flies in the face of the NRC’s own Principles of Good Regulation. “The NRC has broken the public’s trust by betraying its...
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