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Activists push for relocation of San Onofre nuclear waste

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Nina Babiarz

Article Originally Appeared on Latimes.com By JEFF MCDONALD OCT. 10, 2019 5:57 PM Environmental activists who settled a lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission and Southern California Edison after the utility agreed to make “commercially reasonable” efforts to relocate millions of pounds of nuclear waste are now asking a judge to enforce the deal. The Citizens Oversight community group and activist Patricia Borchmann filed a motion in…

Public Watchdogs Urges CPUC To Reject San Onofre Settlement

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Thursday, March 1, 2018 By Alison St John, KPBS Aired 3/1/18 on KPBS Midday Edition GUEST: Alison St John, north county reporter, KPBS Transcript The consumer group Public Watchdogs is opposing a settlement agreement that charges ratepayers about $2 billion for the shutdown of San Onofre. The nuclear power plant closed in 2013 after faulty, newly-installed steam generators began to leak in 2012. Charles Langley of Public Watchdogs said…

Union Tribune: Local consumer group seeks to join San Onofre case to fight latest settlement proposal

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Charles Langley (John Gastaldo / John Gastaldo) The consumer group Public Watchdogs is seeking to join the San Onofre power plant case pending before the California Public Utilities Commission. CEO Charles Langley said a recent agreement to stop $775 million in consumer charges for the 2012 nuclear plant closure does not do enough to protect ratepayers from unfair charges. Public Watchdogs said other consumer groups…

Activists, panel spar over nuke waste – San Diego Union Tribune

December 8, 2017December 20, 2017 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs says commission’s permit for storage site invalid By Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union Tribune December 8, 2017 This story is reproduced under the Fair Use provision of U.S. copyright law. Please get the original story as it appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune here. A San Diego activist group that wants to block nuclear waste from being stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating…

Navy warned Coastal Commission it lacks jurisdiction to grant nuke dump permit

December 5, 2017 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Navy to Coastal Commission: ” You have no jurisdiction” For interviews contact: Charles Langley (858) 752-4600 San Diego, December 6, 2017 — New research by Public Watchdogs shows that the Navy warned the California Coastal Commission four days prior to its October 6, 2015 vote, that it ‘lacked the jurisdiction’ to grant Southern California Edison (Edison) a permit to bury nuclear waste 108 feet from the…

TOWN HALL ON NUCLEAR WASTE, APRIL 13, 2017

April 5, 2017May 3, 2017 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

On the evening of April 13, 2017, the non-profit Public Watchdogs, will be conducting a fast-paced “teach-in” and Town Hall on why a nuclear incident at San Onofre is unavoidable, and how we can work together to stop it. The Town Hall will convene from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Living Tea Brewery, 301 Wisconsin Avenue. Seating is limited to 125, so we recommend arriving…

Public Watchdogs Funding need

March 19, 2017October 6, 2020 Nina Babiarz 2 Comments

Below is a partial list of funding needs for Public Watchdogs. If you would like to make a special contribution toward a specific project or area of work, please contact Charles Langley, Executive Director at (858) 384-2139. Updated: September 20, 2018 Web site maintenance, design, and updates, $275 monthly, $3,300.00 annually Fund an Intern for 90-days of research, database work, or public advocacy: $980.00 Non-Profit General Liability…

Can you pass the San Onofre I.Q. test?

December 4, 2016April 24, 2017 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

How safe is the nuclear waste at San Onofre? Test your knowledge and level of safety now by taking our 1-minute “San Onofre Radioactive Waste I.Q. test.” Take the I.Q. Test here.

Public Watchdogs exposes shocking emergency response plans at SONGS

September 30, 2016April 10, 2017 Nina Babiarz 2 Comments

New documents show Emergency Response Services to a nuclear disaster at San Onofre have been gutted by Southern California Edison. Watch the NBC video here. September 29, 2016, SAN DIEGO — Today, Public Watchdogs released sensitive and previously unpublished documents from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The documents authorize the elimination of required emergency planning and response to a nuclear accident at the now-failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating…

Public Watchdogs featured on NBC

September 30, 2016October 7, 2016 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Nuclear expert says it’s a “witches brew of radioactivity” Please view the original NBC story here. Published for archival purposes under the fair use provision of U.S. Copyright law. Please view the original NBC story here.

San Bruno Gets Burned by their Own

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

You’d think after all the time and suffering the folks of San Bruno have endured, that if Justice was not to be served there would be a darned good explanation. Not so. The judge, who shamefully exonerated PG&E from its fiduciary responsibility for its criminal acts, refused to provide an explanation for his decision. The prosecutors, who were expected to expedite restitution on behalf of the…

A special message to potential whistle blowers

September 3, 2016June 23, 2017 Nina Babiarz 3 Comments

My name is Charles Langley, and I’m a whistle blower, too. I’ve had the honor of working with a brave whistleblower at Edison., I’d like to tell you what every whistle blower must know, and explode a few myths. My recommendation: Blow the whistle, but stay anonymous. I call this the “silent whistle.” By staying anonymous you will protect your reputation. Even better, it makes…

Infographic: How the California Public Utilities Commission operates

August 22, 2016February 14, 2020 Nina Babiarz 1 Comment

An infographic showing how the California Public Utilities Commission sets YOUR utility rates!

The California Coastal Commission’s betrayal of Californians

August 22, 2016January 1, 2017 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Editor’s Note: You may watch the October 6, video of the California Coastal Commission’s phony public hearing on San Onofre Here. The discussion of San Onofre begins at Minute 39. On October 6, 2015, the Coastal Commission deeply betrayed its own mission statement and the public by holding a secret, nonpublic vote to approve a a radioactive nuclear waste dump at San Onofre State Beach. The public…

Cancer Deaths Kept Secret: Why the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is killing cancer studies

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Nina Babiarz 6 Comments

Does Living Near a Nuclear Power Plant Increase the Risk of Cancer? The NRC has terminated an important cancer study so we may never find out By Roger Johnson, PhD About 47 million Americans live within 31 miles of a nuclear power plant (NPP) and 112 million live within 50 miles. About 2.5 million live within 31 miles of San Onofre. The 31 mile…