Category: Issues
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OPINION: V.C. must sue to protect people from toxic SSFL (Larry Yee in Ojai Valley News)
“Here we are 65 years later and SSFL has never been remediated, never been cleaned up, despite a long history of pleadings, protests, and petitions to the responsible parties, not...
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Grassroots group calls on local governments to sue California over toxic Simi site (Ojai Valley News)
“Organizers with the grassroots nonprofit Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab and supporters kicked off a 10-day campaign July 13 aimed at persuading the Ventura County and Los Angeles County...
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Activists protest Santa Susana Field Lab on 65th anniversary of meltdown, citing ongoing need for cleanup (LAist)
“The activists are marking the 65th anniversary of a partial nuclear reactor meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab in July 1959, which released radioactive material and other toxic chemicals...
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Activists mark 65 years since partial meltdown at Santa Susana Field Lab (Los Angeles Daily News)
“Parks, a former Ventura County Supervisor, started paying attention to the Santa Susana site again as an adult in the 1980s after she heard about the disastrous environmental legacy associated...
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‘Ticking time bomb’: Suit claims ‘egregious’ failures in SF shipyard cleanup (SF Examiner)
“An environmental advocacy group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Navy for ‘egregious violations’ during its cleanup of radioactive toxins at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. San Francisco-based...
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Greenaction Files Lawsuit Against US Navy and EPA on Hunters Point Cleanup
“Representatives from Greenaction for Health Environmental Justice have told the Chronicle that the group plans to file a lawsuit in federal court on Friday naming the U.S. Navy, which is...
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Cleanup of San Francisco Superfund Site Has Been Badly Mishandled, Lawsuit Alleges (KQED)
“An environmental justice nonprofit filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging “egregious” mishandling of the cleanup of radioactive contamination at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, one of...
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California lawmakers fold in budget spat, approve Gavin Newsom’s $400M loan to Diablo Canyon (The Sacramento Bee)
“California lawmakers agreed to loan Pacific Gas & Electric Co. an additional $400 million to extend the life of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, ceding to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push...
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California legislators break with Gov. Newsom over loan to keep state’s last nuclear plant running (AP News)
“The California Legislature signaled its intent on Thursday to cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a longer lifespan for the state’s last nuclear power plant, exposing a...
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Californians Warned of $12 Billion Nuclear Bill (Newsweek)
“California-based utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is looking to spend nearly $12 billion to extend the life of its Diablo Canyon Power Plant until 2030 according to environmental...
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Critics fear PG&E’s aging Diablo Canyon power plant costs may be twice the initial estimates (NBC Bay Area)
“The cost of keeping the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open five more years could be as much as double what PG&E had first estimated back when a deal was...
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California lawmakers in standoff with Gavin Newsom over $400M loan to keep Diablo Canyon open (Sacramento Bee)
“California lawmakers rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bid to include another $400 million for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the state budget, in a political standoff that began in 2022...
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Public demands Supes sue state to clean toxic site (Ojai Valley News)
“Eight Ventura County residents provided public comments regarding Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) cleanup at the Ventura County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, June 4. The public comments all...
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Critique by CBG of the Navy’s Draft Fifth Five-Year Review of Hunters Point
Click here to read our critique. Click here for the appendix to our critique. Every five years, the United States Navy is required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and...
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Non-proliferation experts urge US to not support nuclear fuel project (Reuters)
“Nuclear proliferation experts who served under four U.S. presidents told President Joe Biden and his administration on Thursday that a pilot project to recycle spent nuclear fuel would violate U.S....