“Along with other activists, Hirsch worried that weak toxic clean-up standards set by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) for the burn pit — and for the entire Santa Susana Field Lab area — would allow Boeing to…

“Ventura County Board of Supervisors announced Jan. 12 the signing of a legal “tolling agreement” that will extend a deadline to allow the filing of potential legal challenges to an agreement announced last year for a cleanup of the contaminated…

“The fundamental question now is whether the Ventura County Board of Supervisors will do what it has promised: sue to overturn the SSFL Environmental Impact Report (EIR).” Read Larry’s entire op-ed in the Ojai Valley News by clicking here.

Friends, We are pleased to share our annual newsletter with you. It has been another year filled with daunting challenges – and yet, as you’ll read in Dan’s letter to help the year end, “The moral arc of the universe…

“‘Inside the aging Diablo Canyon reactors resides an astronomical quantity of radioactivity,’ said Daniel Hirsch, a retired director of the Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy at UC Santa Cruz. ‘It only stays inside if it’s constantly cooled. Any disruption…

“’No matter what is said today, the results appear preordained,’ said one caller from PG&E’s service territory. ‘Each of you commissioners were appointed by Gov. Newsom.’” Read the full article from the San Diego Union-Tribune here.

Governor Newsom recently pushed through a $1.4 billion loan to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant operating despite safety concerns. This raises questions about the plant’s safety and potential risks. The risks include… Embrittlement of the reactor vessel Neutron…

“With PG&E seeking to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant another 20 years, a state legislator and a long-time pro-nuclear scientist are calling for PG&E to conduct key testing.”

“For the second time in five years, a massive retesting effort has turned up radioactive objects at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, in areas that were already swept of radioactive contamination and earmarked for redevelopment years ago.”

“The ongoing testing on the old Hunters Point Naval shipyard has turned up a piece of radioactive glass and another radium deck marker.”

“The discovery, announced this week, is the latest in a steady drip of troubling findings at one of the city’s most ambitious redevelopment projects.”