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Federalist article exposes Kamala Harris’s involvement in the criminal cover-up at the failed San Onofre nuclear power plant

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Public Watchdogs is cited as a source for documents in this Federalist article on the involvement of Kamala Harris in the cover-up of criminal activity at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).  The Federalist pulled its punches on this story by not releasing it until Election Day, November 5, 2024. The gist of the story, which ran on November 5, 2024, is that Harris…

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Why you should “Throw out your holiday lights”

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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 be shock if you use old fashioned incandescent light bulbs with your holiday lights.  “Just…

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Desire to move deadly Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) spawns $26M in DOE funding

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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. Copyright Law.  We encourage you to view this story as it originally appeared on KPBS…

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Coastal Commission amends SONG nuke waste storage terms after hearing from Public Watchdogs’ public advocates

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In early October of 2022, Public Watchdogs’ Director of Development noticed something peculiar about what should have been a very straight-forwarded licensing deal with Southern California Edison, the majority owners of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).  What Nina noticed, buried deep within all the  bureaucratic double-talk in the Commission Agenda, was a clause that would have given Edison permission to bury waste from…

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Letter in opposition to keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open

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Today, the LA Times published this letter from Public Watchdogs’ Board Member and Director of Development, Nina Babiarz.     Photo: Tracy Adams, Wikimedia While it’s somewhat surprising that Newsom would hang his political aspirations on the coattails of PG&E, which just emerged from a criminal probation during which it pleaded guilty to 85 counts of manslaughter, at least he’s revealing his true colors. It’s also…

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Keeping Diablo Canyon Open – The Devil is in the details

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Governor Newsom is actively pressuring your elected officials to keep the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open. Newsom has promised Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) a $1.4 billion “forgivable loan” to keep it running, plus, the Senate is expected to vote on to keep Diablo open in the next few days!   Call or email these State Senators to avert this disaster! (Scroll down for…

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Is San Onofre’s nuclear waste destined for New Mexico?

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If fully developed, a proposed interim storage site could handle all the spent fuel that’s piled up across the country. But there’s opposition. This story is reproduced under the Fair Use provision of U.S. copyright law. Please read the original story in the San Diego Union Tribune here. By Rob Nikolewski July 29, 2022 5:30 AM PT,  Is the solution to the decades-long debate over what…

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Public Watchdogs “The west coast does not receive oil from Russia”

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Scroll down for story … California gets little, if any oil from Russia. March 14, 2022, KUSI San Diego SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – With the average gas price costing California’s over five dollars a gallon, one advocacy group is taking it upon themselves to look into the possibility of California oil refineries price gouging consumers. Click here for the original story as it appeared on KUSI….

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Public Watchdogs’ Supreme Court case featured in SCOTUSBlog

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The highly respected SCOTUSBlog, which covers significant legal actions before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), has singled out Public Watchdogs’ as a “Featured Case” for the Public Watchdogs’ lawsuit against Southern California Edison.  At issue is whether or not current laws give federal courts jurisdiction over the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Get the Public Watchdogs petition here. On August 2, the Supreme…

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Paul Blanch explains why an accident at San Onofre is inevitable

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This half hour interview of  Paul Blanch on Facing the Future Television explains why a radioactive release at the failed beachfront nuclear waste dump at San Onofre is, in his words, “inevitable.”  The current location contains 3.6 million pounds of eternally deadly radioactive “spent” nuclear fuel, stored 108 feet from the beach in a tsunami flood zone, on top of earthquake faults, in temporary canisters that…

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Last canister of nuclear waste buried today at America’s largest beachfront nuclear waste dump

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This story is republished under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law.  To view the original article as it appeared in the San Clemente Times, click here.  Ironically, Edison dropped its last canister of radioactive nuclear waste into the ground on the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, which occurred at 4:15pm Pacific Time, August 5th (8:15am Japanese time, August 6th).  By Shawn Raymundo,…

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