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…
Quiet Minds Gather to Unite for Peace On March 11, at 11:11 AM, more than 60 people gathered together in the spirit of sacred activism to honor the seventh anniversary of Fukushima, and to pray and meditate for a safe permanent solution for nuclear waste at San Onofre. The event, called Unite for Peace, featured a brief presentation by Public Watchdogs on the dangers of nuclear…
This event has already occurred. For media coverage, click here. To see photos, click here. Carlsbad: Prayer and Meditation Gathering in Honor of Fukushima and local Nuclear Waste Dangers at San Onofre WHO: Unite In Peace (see Facebook Event page) Gong Master Arjan Lin Public Watchdogs Gene Stone, presiding opening prayer WHAT: Two hours of prayer, silent mediation and a Sound Healing Ceremony with a brief presentation on the status…
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…
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…
CBS Update on radioactive waste at failed San Onofre nuclear reactors Experts disagree on safety of nuclear waste storage at SONGS. Public Watchdogs vs. David G. Victor The burial of millions of pounds of nuclear waste is now underway at San Onofre. The radioactive waste, which is deadly to all human life for at least 250,000 years, is being stored 108 feet from the beach. Yet…
Public Watchdogs files Motion for Party Status in SONGS bailout hearings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2-29-18 : Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has filed a Motion for Party Status in the proposed ratepayer-funded bailout of Southern California Edison’s failed nuclear reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The motion argues that the California Public Utilities Commission’s pending approval of the bailout, which has cost ratepayers billions of dollars,…
Get this Year-End Letter to Public Watchdogs supporters in pdf format, or scroll down to read it in html December 30, 2017 Re: Year-end letter to Public Watchdogs donors and supporters Dear Friend of Public Watchdogs, Imagine a world that’s completely free of nuclear waste … In 2017, we have focused our advocacy exclusively on removing the nuclear waste from the beach at San Onofre and have…
Join us in protest of Southern California Edison’s plans to bury 3.6 million pounds of hot nuclear waste 108 feet from the beach. Date: December 30, 2017 Time: 10:30AM to 2:00PM Place: 100 North Calle Seville, San Clemente CA (get Google map) Facebook: Go to the Events Page Burial of the first of 75 nuclear trash cans may happen as soon as tomorrow. Please join us…
Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union Tribune, December 20, 12:30 PM NOTE: This story is re-published under the “fair use” provision of the U.S. Copyright Act. Please read the original story at the San Diego Union Tribune here, and cite the original source when hyperlinking. San Juan Capistrano city council member Pam Patterson has sometimes clashed with other members of the Community Engagement Panel, which gives the public updates on the…