Apr 09, 2020 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a new program to provide doctors, nurses and other critical front-line health care workers access to no-cost or low-cost hotel rooms. The program will prioritize health care workers who come in direct contact with or are suspected of having direct contact with COVID-19 patients, or who test positive … [Read more...]
Fukushima Facts, 2020: Nine Years Later
March 11 marks the 9th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster The management of the contaminated water is in serious jeopardy. 1.1 million tons is being stored on site, with several hundred tons being added every day. The water will exceed storage capacity by 2022. There is talk of releasing this water into the ocean - despite the presence of tritium and other … [Read more...]
NRC Denies Public Hearing on Nuclear Waste Dump
Washington D.C. - On Tuesday, May 7, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board summarily terminated Public Intervenors' requests for an evidentiary hearing challenging Holtec International’s proposed high level nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico. As an Intervenor in this case, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace is concerned that once again … [Read more...]
Public Meeting to Repurpose Diablo Canyon September 26
Ways to repurpose and reuse Diablo Canyon Power Plant after its shut down will be the focus of a public meeting set for Wednesday, September 26. The Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel meeting will start with an open house session from 6 to 6:30 p.m. when panel members and the public can talk one-on-one with experts on power plant decommissioning. Then the … [Read more...]
2 Minutes to Doomsday
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist Statement from the President and CEO The year just past proved perilous and chaotic, a year in which many of the risks foreshadowed in our last Clock statement came into full relief. In 2017, we saw reckless language in the nuclear realm heat up already dangerous situations and re-learned that minimizing evidence-based assessments … [Read more...]
March for Our Lives San Luis Obispo
On March 24, San Luis Obispo will participate in March For Our Lives, a nationwide demonstration spearheaded by a group of teenagers who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, FL. The purpose of this event is to send a clear message to Congress that they must act now in order to create a positive and just future by ending gun violence in our schools, and mass shootings in our … [Read more...]
California Leadership Makes Case for No New Fossil Fuel Development
February 7, 2018 - Today, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, in his role as head of the state’s Public Lands Commission, sent a letter to the Trump administration outlining the state’s objections to the revised federal 5 year offshore drilling plan released earlier this year. In response, David Turnbull, Strategic Communications Director at Oil Change International … [Read more...]
