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Posted on December 31 at 8:12 p.m.
Nobody supports the FSO more than I, a life long fan of the late great Margaret Wentworth Oweings. But somebody had better get to the bottom of the 54 sea otters now swimming around out on the central coast, with electronic gear sewn illegally into their bellies by USGS and DFG, who took their money-and orders- from none other than PG&E.
The seismic testing at Diablo Canyon -for which this illegal otter vivisection was a staging portion- was not approved by the Coastal Commission, so now there are 54 otters out there having been turned into cyborgs, and no project! It is sad that Monterey Bay Aquarium and UC Davis were also involved in this criminal activity. Remember her book, 'Voice from the Sea'? Margaret Wentworth Oweings would be spinning in her grave.
Joey Racano
For updates please visit us on facebook at: Stop the Diablo Canyon Seismic Testing
Posted on November 29 at 8:45 a.m.
Well apparently the writer of this article did a lot of research and still came up without the real beef. Let me take it one at a time- the techno wonks of whom you speak were obviously the 'Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility', who fought to the bitter end to have their dream come true- thousands of miles of ocean turned to desert via sonic air canons. I'd be a rich man if I had a nickle for every time I heard Rochelle becker say "I've been working on this for 40 years!". Rochelle, if you work on something for 40 years and still have not succeeded, then you have failed, so back away and allow someone else to try.
The CPUC will not dare try overrule the Coastal Commission because they've already got to deal with the fact that part of the project was allowed to move ahead before the regulatory process was done. It seems there are half a hundred sea otters out there with listening devices and batteries sewn into their furry bellies, and all for a project that was never approved! There they float, in sewage water waiting for the nice people to come give them a second surgery! Ghastly!
The CPUC meanwhile, says Lame Duck State Sen Sam Blakeslee called and called, insisting that his assembly bill mandated seismic testing so they should release the 64 million for the otter vivisections, etc. He lied.
Finally, the Jim Brune studies done in the 60's 70's and 80's showed clearly that parallel faults can interact to cause vertical acceleration to seismic energy. This make Diablo unsafe at any speed. No seismics needed. Decommission the plant before it makes any more waste!
Look around- the political climate is changed. The plant will not be re-licensed, nor should it be!
Joey Racano
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Posted on November 21 at 8:14 a.m.
The Commission received almost 60,000 emails, and also many hand written letters in hand addressed envelopes, showing an enormous effort on the publics part to show hoe much they disapproved of seismic testing and the marine havoc associated with it.
Also, the 'results' of PG&E's low level survey was itself, horrific, including dead Harbor Porpoises, salmon and thresher sharks and otters.
Perhaps most hideously, PG&E jumped the gun and in their arrogance, began capturing otters and surgically implanting them with sensor equipment, including batteries! Now that the project has been denied, those otters are out there in need of a second surgery to remove the electronic devices!
And all with no permits! How could they have been permitted, when the project never existed!?
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Posted on October 18 at 8:01 a.m.
Now that we know the Nuclear Waste plant is 'safe' from the Shoreline Fault, and have already studied the rest at some length, the NRC should cancel the seismic testing.
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Posted on October 10 at 6:18 p.m.
Susan Jordan is correct in her observations. Also, this has a lot to do with pressure from another energy business who would benefit from seismic air canons- Big Oil!
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Posted on October 4 at 6:53 a.m.
This is a staggering example of lunacy, the idea that industry should be allowed to move ahead with such a chilling project of mega destructive force. How dare anyone even bring such a project forward! What are the regulatory agencies thinking?
The bill was written by an oil man. The State Lands Commission was asked to swith to an oil owned boat, the request came from another elected official who is a former oil man. The type of deadly testing proposed is always used to look for oil. Gee, do ya think this is all about oil?
Santa Barbara, we love ya, but we don't want your oil rigs, no thank you! And safety? If this had one iota to do with public safety, that 64 million dollars ok'd by the Calif Energy Commission would be spent on plant upgrades, not some oil blasting survey! Come clean, will ya?
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Stop the Diablo Canyon Seismic Testing
Meanwhile, things are going well. OIL WELL that is!
Joey Racano, Director
Ocean Outfall Group
Posted on September 28 at 5:41 p.m.
~The Story of Davidson Seamount~
When Mother Ocean felt artistic
and put her brush to canvas
a whirlpool drew volcanoes up
and spread them wide as Kansas
She sprinkled them with sunlight
and life began to grow
Algae bugs and rainbow slugs
and fishes that could glow
Sea fans and anemones
and whispy things with legs
Shrimp with striped antennae
eating phytoplankton eggs
When she was done, she raised her thumb
and corals grew like trees
“ I name thee Davidson Seamount”
and she shouted, "Masterpiece!"
-Joey Racano
As you may have heard, our movement to save California's rugged Central Coast from Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation's plan to blast 500 square nautical miles of it with 260db air cannon explosions at a rate of once every 13 seconds, 24 hours a day for 43 straight days -then repeat next year- has so far been successful.
PG and E asked the California Coastal Commission to delay hearing the proposed project from October 10th in Oceanside, California to their next meeting on November 14th in Santa Monica California. The proposed project has also now been downsized to include only 'Box 4', also known as Estero Bay.
The new plan remains dangerous, destructive and unnecessary and although Point Buchon State Marine Reserve has been spared, the project's new incarnation threatens Morro Bay East estuary State Marine reserve, Cambria State Marine Reserve, and to the Northwest, Davidson Seamount!
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explora...
Please join us on October 8th in Avila California, as we celebrate the victory so far, and move ahead with saving the Davidson Seamount from the ravages of 260db seismic testing with air cannons.
~Calling of the Whales~
See the event calendar for maps to the event, sponsored by Pampered Chef, Earth and Sky Studio, Fierce Cycling Adventures, Farmers Kites, Surreys and More, and endorsed by Greenpeace, Ocean Outfall Group, Earthcorps, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, San Luis Obispo Surfrider Foundation, Great Whales Conservancy and others.
Come meet Mz Blue, the 90' Great Blue Whale, a Gray Whale dirigible, visit the nearby Avila Beach Sea Life Center, participate in story telling, a Chumash blessing, music, and watch Greenpeace unfurl their banner!
DON'T FORGET TO BRING A FLASHLIGHT SO YOU CAN BE PART OF THE HUMAN-POWERED LIGHT PINWHEEL!
The Calling of the Whales event begins at 3:00pm in the parking lot at Avila, Mz Blue will be visible from San Luis Bay Drive on the left as you enter town! At sundown, we will gather around a roaring fire on Port San Luis Beach, where a member of the Chumash Tribe will blow the sacred Conch Shell and Call to the Whales of Avila!
Special Guests!
With love and respect,
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Posted on August 23 at 9:02 p.m.
SB DUDE, Let me educate you about the faults beneath Diablo. There are 2 that go right underneath and the shoreline runs right out in front. But the real danger comes from the Hosgri, the San Simeon and the San Gorgonio faults, which all line up to make one big 250 mile long fault capable of generating an earthquake bigger than the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant can ever be retrofitted to withstand.
Seismic testing is putting us all in danger because it allows PG and E to delay removal of the nuclear plant sitting on several earthquake faults!
Joey Racano
Posted on August 23 at 2:22 a.m.
Maybe the title should have read: Plan ok'd to find OIL, since the San Luis Obispo Supervisors are fighting to switch the testing ship from one who flies the flag of a University to one that flies that of big oil.
The State Lands Commission actually did not even vote; by the time the vote came, all three were replaced by shadowy alternates who got caught lying and had to publicly apologize later in the meeting! Just when unprecedented numbers of whales show up in force, these 260db blasts threaten to wipe them out with a hideous death, and there is growing outrage *on facebook visit Stop the Diablo Canyon Seismic Testing).
Seismic testing is putting us all in danger because it allows PG and E to delay removal of the nuclear plant sitting on several earthquake faults!
Joey Racano, Director
California Ocean Outfall Group
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Posted on January 2 at 3:32 p.m.
Ken, I agree with you that otters weren't born to be guinea pigs for PG&E- but, according to this blog, by people who were there when it happened, the Aquarium and UC Davis were complicit in the crimes against otters.
http://owcnblog.wordpress.com/categor...
Please read it and correct me if I'm wrong, and I hope I am.
On Friends of the Sea Otter Gears Up for New Battles