A Risky Gamble at Diablo Canyon (CounterPunch)
Environmental groups concerned about cost and safety issues at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in San Luis Obispo County on […]
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NRC would ‘violate federal law’ by fast-tracking PG&E bid to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, groups say (Environmental Working Group)
Four environmental organizations once again put the NRC on notice that the agency would violate federal law if it accepts
The Elusive Quest for Environmental Justice at Hunters Point (Earth Island Journal)
In the long-running battle for environmental justice, the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco is a crucial beachhead.
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Op-Ed: Speaker Pelosi’s farewell gift to San Francisco should be a clean Hunters Point (SF Examiner)
Jeff Ruch, Pacific director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), recently published an op-ed in the San Francisco Examiner.
Biden gives PG&E $1 billion to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open (LA Times)
The federal money doesn’t guarantee Diablo Canyon will stay open longer. But it increases the likelihood of California continuing to
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The United States of Waste and Woe: Conserving Toxicity at the Santa Susana Field Lab
Listen to an interview with Dan Hirsch, Denise Duffield, and Melissa Bumstead on the podcast Gravity.
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San Francisco, EPA Fight Over Hunters Point Shipyard Radiation Cleanup (NBC Bay Area)
Two decades ago, voters called for the site to be fully cleaned to the most rigorous standards. A stance recently
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Groups sue to force a more aggressive cleanup of old Rocketdyne site (Courthouse News)
Three groups filed a petition in Ventura County Superior Court on Thursday to block a settlement signed this year by
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EPA to Hunters Point: Pound sand. No cleanup as promised for Superfund site (SF Examiner)
Dan Hirsch has published an op-ed in the San Francisco Examiner on the EPA\’s recent disclosure that it would not
At Hunters Point Shipyard, toxic bowl of soup cleanup may finally be in sight (SF Examiner)
After years of bringing attention to the site’s environmental problems with little result, residents’ concerns may finally be taken seriously
Calling for Accountability at the Santa Susana Field Lab
Heal the Bay has fought alongside CBG for the cleanup of the SSFL, and had this to say about last
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CBG Critiques of CalEPA Deals with Boeing to Gut Santa Susana Cleanup
On August 11, 2022, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board held a special hearing in which, despite hours
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Fierce lobbying caps fight over California nuke plant future (AP)
Lawmakers have questioned why Newsom dropped the text of his legislation just days before the end of the Legislature’s two-year
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SLO Mothers for Peace lay out opposition to possible extension of Diablo Canyon operations (KSBY)
Daniel Hirsch, President of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, claimed that the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant was built near
Santa Susana activists, residents slam Regional Water Board’s agreement with Boeing: ‘Huge tragedy’ (LA Daily News)
On Monday, Hirsch called the approval of the new memorandum a tragedy. \’When they voted on the MOU — which
Did California give Boeing a pass on a major pollution cleanup? (LA Times)
Read Michael Hiltzik’s new column on the SSFL.
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State’s new deal to clean up radioactive Santa Susana Field Lab is slammed by critics (LA Daily News)
Nearly 15 years ago the Boeing Company and the state agency that oversees cleanup of the radioactively and chemically polluted
State Announces Clean Up For Contaminated Nuclear Site, Which Advocates Call ‘A Back Room Deal\’ (NBC4)
\”The state on Monday announced an agreement with the Boeing Corporation to clean up a large part of one of
CBG et al. Presentation to LA Water Board Rejecting Weakened SSFL Pollution Permit
On February 10, Dan Hirsch and Melissa Bumstead gave a presentation to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
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Explosion Sends Potentially Radioactive Dust Into Air Above LA (NBC LA)
The U.S. Department of Energy demolished a building using explosives last month at the highly contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab
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