State regulators approve San Onofre nuclear settlement, trimming $750M from original deal This story is reproduced by Public Watchdogs under the fair use provision of U.S. Copyright law. Please read the original story at the San Diego Union Tribune here. The site of the dry cask storage facility that holds the spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Photo by Southern California…
DATELINE, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA, July 13, 2018: The nonprofit public advocacy group Public Watchdogs has just filed a 19-point legal argument against the publicly-funded bailout of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). If the proposed out-of-court settlement is approved it will complete an alleged criminal conspiracy to bail out Southern California Edison (Edison) at ratepayer expense. The proposed settlement delivers a 417-fold return on investment for Southern California Edison, which is paying…
Dr. Roger Johnson, Ph.D, is a concerned citizen and Southern California Resident. At his request we have published this Q & A about nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generatings Station (SONGS). 16 Q & A about Living Near a Nuclear Waste Dump Q: What city has the most stranded nuclear waste in the entire country? A: San Clemente has by far the most….
Public Watchdogs researchers have uncovered confidential internal documents by Holtec, the manufacturer of the defective “HiStorm” nuclear waste trash cans that are being deployed at Southern California Edison’s newly constructed Beachfront Nuclear Waste Dump. We expect Edison employees to use the talking points at tonight’s (June 27) Community Engagement Panel Meeting on nuclear waste in San Clemente (click here for details). The secret documents represent what…
On Saturday June 9, the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation, conducted a peaceful ceremony and massive Aerial Art display created by internationally renowned Aerial Artist, John Quigley, with video by award-winning director and film maker Kurt Soderling. Watch the documentary by the Museum of Woman Get video from the chopper here and here Scroll down for high resolution photos Get B-Roll Video here The Aerial Art display,…
ACJACHEMEN WISDOM DAY: HONORING OUR ANCESTORS TIME ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION NOTES 6:30AM Park opens 7:00AM Load-in with Lifeguard 7:00am Gary Christmas; Event invocation w/Inside team TBD Canopies, PA, generator 7:15AM Relief Team for Drawing Star Man 8:30AM Load-in Sound System/tents etc w/Lifeguard Lance, sound equipment (PA, generator, cordless mic), generator Load-in water to beach 9:00AM Set-up volunteers arrive Lance + volunteers: Christo Pellani, Marco Zermeno Sound system…
By Eric Heinz, June 7, 2018 Aerial photographer John Quigley and members of the Acjachemen Nation will join together on Saturday, June 9 at Trail 6, just south of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to take a photo that will depict one of the native people’s symbols, a “star man,” using people to outline the figure, Quigley said. Quigley, who goes by the art…
Climate-Changed The Hippie Ways Californians Fight Energy Projects By Lynn Doan, Bloomberg News, Get the original story here. June 8, 2018, 1:54 PM PDT Californians are drawing art with their bodies in protest They’re also planting sunflowers — a lot of sunflowers Climate-Changed Edison International is working on relocating the nuclear waste at its San Onofre power plant north of San Diego, now that the complex…
Hundreds to join indigenous Acjachemen Nation in call for safe containment of nuclear waste DATELINE SAN ONOFRE, CALIFORNIA: At 10:30 AM, this Saturday June 9,th hundreds of concerned citizens will join with the Acjachemen Nation to create a “work of living aerial art” calling for the safe containment and removal of nuclear waste generated by the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The participants will use their bodies to create…
Public Watchdogs’ Media Advisory: Public Watchdogs Sponsors Huge Aerial Art Event near Shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Plant San Clemente Times: Artist, Activists Plan Aerial Photo at Trail 6, South of SONGS on Saturday Bloomberg News: The Hippie Ways Californians Fight Energy Projects
Southern California fights nuclear power with one-million flowers on the 32nd anniversary of Chernobyl meltdown Public Safety Advocates will distribute one- million sunflower seeds to be planted to raise awareness of local radiation dangers at San Onofre nuclear plant on April 26th On Thursday, April 26th, on the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the nonprofit Public Watchdogs will publicly announce its drive to distribute one-million sunflower seeds in San Diego and Orange Counties. Note: This event…
SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION HERE! “Say it with flowers” and show the world that FLOWER POWER trumps Nuclear POWER! Help Public Watchdogs raise awareness about nuclear waste by signing our online petition and we’ll send you a FREE pack of these magnificent award-winning flowers from American Meadows, the USA’s premier sunflower seed company as our way of saying thanks! Sunflowers naturally absorb harmful radiation and are…
Earth Day event Features HazMat Surfer Public Watchdogs’ wildly popular HazMat Surfer helped draw attention to the problem of the nuclear waste at San Onofre with this front page photograph. Public Watchdogs participated in the San Onofre Nuclear Awareness Boot at Earth Day, and the HazMat Surfer was wildly popular. According to the story: Andrew Quella was braving Sunday’s 80-degree heat in a yellow hazmat suit…
Public Watchdogs has been granted party status in protest $2.2 Billion Edison bailout March 23, 2018 At 3:11 PM yesterday, Public Watchdogs received formal notice that its Motion for Party Status in a proposed publicly funded bailout of Southern California Edison before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has been approved. In an unusual decision, CPUC has ruled that Public Watchdogs may intervene in what public advocates have scorned as unlawfully brokered and publicly…