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KPBS Midday EditionSDG&E said it has a plan to help San Diego reach its goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2035. A review of that plan, however, found it lacks critical information and could easily fall apart. -
KPBS Midday EditionAs the San Onofre nuclear power plant is decommissioned, the twin domes visible from Interstate 5 will disappear. But thousands of highly radioactive spent fuel rods will remain. -
Southern California Edison stopped loading spent nuclear fuel rods into canisters at San Onofre after discovering a design flaw in the containers used to store the nuclear waste. -
The former “Navy Mayor” of San Diego is asking top brass at Camp Pendleton to consider moving the spent fuel from San Onofre to a site on the base, further from the beach. Retired Adm. Len Hering said he believes the risks of storing the nuclear waste next to the ocean have not been correctly assessed.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Sierra Club is back in court challenging San Diego County’s latest Climate Action Plan. -
Southern California Edison has engaged a panel of experts to advise the company on how to move nuclear waste off the storage site near the beach at San Onofre. -
The Great Green Fleet, launched in San Diego in 2016, touted many of the Navy's efforts to lessen reliance on fossil fuel. Those programs are now under scrutiny in the Trump Administration. -
Debra L. Reed 's retirement announcement comes just four days after regulators in Texas approved Sempra's deal to buy the largest utility in the Lone Star State. -
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun a technical review of a license for an interim storage site for nuclear waste in New Mexico. It’s a hopeful sign for those fighting to find an alternative to burying spent nuclear fuel 100 feet from the beach at San Onofre.
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KPBS Midday EditionWhen you think about battery research, ethical issues may not be the first to come to mind. But scientists who work with batteries know better.
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