Public Watchdogs’ Right To Know Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 2
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Public Watchdogs invites 1,056 CPUC employees to blow the whistle
DATELINE SAN DIEGO, August 14, 2017 Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has sent personal letters to every employee at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Each of the 1056 letters invites the recipients to become a confidential informant and instructs them on how to do it safely. A name-redacted sample of the hand-signed and hand addressed invitation can be viewed here. “This is a personal…
New Video: Is Edison’s Community Engagement panel a Sham?
The San Onofre Community Engagement panel is a ratepayer-funded public relations effort by Southern California Edison. It is designed not to “engage” but to pacify the public and politicians into believing that Edison is a responsible, honest, law-abiding corporation that can be a trusted steward of its deadly radioactive waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating station known as SONGS. Get the video. SIGN THE PETITION
San Onofre — another Chernobyl?
Radiation would be 40 times worse By Don Bauder, June 14, 2017 A terrorist attack that could endanger 8.5 million people. Who cares? A tsunami or earthquake that could spread even wider damage. Yawn. A potentially disastrous meltdown. Fuhgeddaboudit. A utility stock that zooms upward, paying fat dividends. Bingo! Finally, you are talking about something important. Wall Street has that view: the only thing important about utilities is…
Princeton Study: U.S. nuke disaster could dwarf Fukushima
New report from Princeton shows failure of Nuclear Regulatory Commission to accurately assess risk For immediate release, May 26, 2017 For background or to arrange an interview contact Charles Langley at (858) 752-4600 A new Princeton study, which uses an advanced weather modeling program called HYSPLIT, developed by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows that a radiation plume from a spent fuel disaster would affect more than 18…
Public Watchdogs’ report blasts NRC for reckless “regulatory failure” at San Onofre
Southern California Edison’s disaster response plan for San Onofre shifts responsibility for a nuclear emergency from FEMA to local fire and police departments Get the full report here.Watch video here.Get radio interview hereJune 16 Reader story here SAN DIEGO, May 17, 2017, 7:30AM – Today, Public Watchdogs unleashed a chronological 30-page report and 450-page analysis of regulatory failure and the deeply flawed safety planning and emergency...
Nuclear Storage podcast with Larry Smith KPFK with American Indian Airwaves
It was an honor and a privilege for Public Watchdogs to participate in a recent radio interview with Larry Smith of KPFK with American Indian Airwaves by the invitation of Adelia Sandoval, a leader of the Acjachemen NATION Juaneno Band. The Acjachemen were the indigenous peoples who occupied the land for 4,000 plus years in which the San Onofre Generating Station was built.
Public Watchdogs talks with citizens about the San Onofre Nuclear waste dump
On January 13, 2018, Southern California Edison will bury the radioactive equivalent of 700 nuclear warheads on the beach at San Onofre State Beach Park within 108 feet of the water. Each of the 75 waste containers holds more radiation than what was released at Chernobyl. When it is completed, it will be the world’s largest beachfront nuclear waste dump.
Nuclear Surfer / Mermaid Event, 1:00PM Friday, Hall of Justice, San Diego
Get ready to make peaceful waves at 1:00 PM Friday April 14th at the San Diego Hall of Justice. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nuclear Surfers and Mermaids to gather at 1:00 PM Friday, April 14th to stand for toxic waste safety WHO: Surfers, mermaids, musicians and concerned citizens dressed in yellow HazMat Gear. Public invited (see attached photos) WHAT: An event in support of nuclear waste safety…
NOTICE OF PRESS CONFERENCE
Surfers in HazMat Gear to gather at Superior Court Friday, April 14th Scroll down for photos of HazMat Surfers. WHO: 75 surfers, mermaids, musicians and concerned citizens dressed in yellow HazMat Gear. Public invited (see attached photos) WHAT: An event in support of nuclear waste safety at San Onofre WHEN: 1:00 PM (participants should arrive at noon for set-up) WHERE: Steps of the San Diego Superior Court…
Ad Campaign pokes fun at “Nuke-Hugging” Surfers
Ad Campaign pokes fun at “Nuke-Hugging” Surfers Urges Public to attend April 14 2017 event at San Diego Superior Court, 1:00 PM DATELINE – SAN CLEMENTE CALIFORNIA, April 10, 2017 Today the non-profit consumer advocacy group Public Watchdogs announced that it has launched a light-hearted social media and print advertising campaign that uses humor to educate surfers about the dangers of the radioactive waste storage facility that…
Advertisements in Social Media and Newspapers for April 14, 2017 Event
Post these images on Social Media, #HazMatSurf, #SonOnofreGate !!! The public is invited to attend a media event at 1:00 PM on April 14th on the steps of the San Diego Hall of Justice at 330 West Broadway San Diego (get map) to draw attention to the HazMat Surf problem at the newly built San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump. Conveniently located just 36 yeards from the sugar-sand…