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Comments of San Clemente Green / Gary Headricks to the Southern California Edison Community Engagement Panel

November 10, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

CEP Presentation 11-10-16 (visuals embedded into document) from http://www.sanclementegreen.org/ Gary Headricks was unable to attend tonight’s meeting due to an emergency eye surgery and asked me to take his place. I am glad to have this opportunity to participate in your panel discussion to consider the CEP’s performance for the past three years and to give constructive criticism and make suggestions for where to go…

Southern California Community Engagement Panel Mtg., November 10, 5:30 to 8:30PM

November 9, 2016November 9, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

This is your chance to speak out, and we hope to see you there. In 130 days, Southern California Edison, the owners of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), will begin burying millions of pounds of deadly radioactive nuclear waste on the beach at San Onofre State Beach Park. Edison’s public relations department has spent millions of dollars creating a “Community Engagement Panel” with a…

Rejected by utilities commission on San Onofre waste, activists turn to a higher power

November 1, 2016February 17, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

By Jeff McDonald Contact Reporter | View the original article While political advocacy and legal intervention have yet to reverse the plan to bury tons of nuclear waste at San Onofre, activists are turning to higher powers, using prayer and meditation in the hopes of meeting their objective. A coalition of Native Americans and community activists began a 30-day virtual meditation and prayer effort on Tuesday. They hope…

Chief Phil Lane Staking Ceremony, San Onofre State Park Beach, October 29, 2016

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

At 11:00 AM under a rare “black moon” Chief Phil Lane conducted a Staking Ceremony on the beach at San Onofre within sight of the now defunct nuclear power plant known as SONGS, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. More than 25 people made the difficult hike to the bottom of the cliffs to forcefully drive a stake into the ground signifying their intent to stop…

Native American prayer vigil at San Onofre State Beach, Saturday

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Staking Ceremony and prayers for unprecedented, unified action for removal of nuclear waste to be convened at San Onofre State Beach, Saturday, October 29 at 9:30am For background or to arrange interviews, contact Charles Langley at (858) 752-4600 Native Americans and other Members of the Human Family to gather at San Onofre beach to peacefully and prayerfully stand together for unified action to remove nuclear…

SONGS spent fuel “more of a threat” than a meltdown

October 7, 2016October 9, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

For immediate release: October 7, 2016 NBC investigative report based on Public Watchdogs research and documents NBC news has published an alarming exposé on the safety of Southern California Edison’s plans to store nuclear waste on the beach in thin-shelled canisters at the now-failed SONGS, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The story is based on research and documents provided by Public Watchdogs. We have released the safety…

San Onofre Talking Points

October 5, 2016November 21, 2024 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

11 reasons why storing nuclear waste 108 feet from San Onofre State Beach is a bad idea To get a copy of this document as a print-friendly pdf, click here Situation Analysis: Southern California Edison has completed the burial of 73 gigantic cans of deadly radioactive nuclear waste from the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The waste is being stored 108 feet from the…

How to take action with elected officials

October 4, 2016June 27, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Getting to Know Your Elected Officials The first in a series on how to put your elected officials to work for you. Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board of Directors This is your jumping off point – This series of three short articles to show you how to take one bite at a time out of the “elected official elephant.” The first step in kicking butt is taking names…

THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING

October 3, 2016September 29, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING By Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board Member If you want a face-to-face meeting with an elected official then I highly recommend that you read the previous articles in this series and implement at least some of the suggestions about developing a relationship with their office, staff and the elected official first. If you haven’t then I can pretty much guarantee that you will…

Getting to Know Your Elected Officials; the 2nd in a series of 3 How to initiate communication.

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

How to initiate communication. Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board Member In our first article I showed you how to identify and contact your elected officials. Depending on where you live you can Google your District for a link to your various elected officials to identify their websites. If you save the websites for your convenience as a ‘Favorites’ in your browser, it will increase your accessibility and get you into the…

New documents expose horrific safety lapses at SONGS

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Internal memos show FEMA will not respond to a nuclear radiation disaster at San Onofre For Immediate Release, September 30, 2016 Contact: Charles Langley (858) 752-4600 Today, the nonprofit group Public Watchdogs published Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) documents authorizing massive safety planning and response exemptions in the event of a wide-scale radiation disaster at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The documents have been published as…

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.

LIST OF ALL DECOMMISSIONED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN USA

September 29, 2016May 26, 2017 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants in USA Sorted by Mwe – Megawatts of Energy from largest to smallest Updated 9-29-16 This table shows that as of this writing, SONGS, the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is the largest privately owned beachfront nuclear waste dump in the USA. The power plant had three nuclear generators with a total capacity of 2,800 MWe, creating many millions of pounds of radioactive waste…

Saving the World’s Oceans, One Nuclear Reactor at a Time

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Host Eric Rankin and cohost Michelle Anderson at KX 93.5 discuss how nuclear power is generated, why all nuclear power plants are located adjacent to large bodies of water, and the limited options for safe nuclear waste disposal with guests Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz.