The following five images showing the timeline of Diablo Canyon are from Pacific Gas & Electric’s Diablo Rate Case presentation made before the California Public Utilities Commission between 1985-1988. … Continue reading
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Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
Following the February 15th, 1928 passage of Senator Thomas Walsh’s Resolution 83 that ordered the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to carry out an investigation of the country’s electric industry, the agency worked until the end of 1935 on the … Continue reading
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As a sample for the kind of Yankee activity in the Bay Area in 1852. In this case, Oakland prior to its becoming a town in 1853, one of the more prominent business activities was the killing of waterfowl. Below … Continue reading
Santa Cruz Big Trees Peculiarities of Their Growth. SPRINGING FROM OLD TRUNKS The Present Giants of the Forest Descendants of Greater Progenitors San Francisco Chronicle – Sunday, June 9, 1889 – Page 2 While wandering through the Big Tree grove … Continue reading
Bolander warns California of the danger of logging the Redwoods Daily Alta California, Volume 18, Number 5954, 29 June 1866 Front page 2nd column half way down By Professor Henry N. Bolander The Redwood Forest The following extract is from … Continue reading
The following piece is from Jacob Wright Harlan’s diary and book titled California, ’46 to ’88. Chapter 24, pg. 108 Based on his detailed commentary, Jacob probably arrived in the Redwoods in May of 1847, took a month to chopped … Continue reading
REDWOOD Sequoia Sempervirens “For they sing to my heart, And it sings to them evermore.” —J. P. Lowell Albert Kellogg (1813 – 1887), a physician and botanist, wrote the below essay at the end of his book on the redwoods. … Continue reading
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Introduction This is the story about one of the most beautiful parks in the Bay Area. Thanks go to a friend (Cecile) who introduced me to the East Bay’s parks. After spending most of the last ten years in bed … Continue reading
Memories of a Movement by Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 1 SELLING THE PEACEFUL ATOM “It is no wonder that some people wish we never succeeded in splitting the atom. But atomic power, like any force in nature, is not evil in … Continue reading
Memoirs of a Movement By Mark Evanoff Epilog Diablo Canyon is in operation, but the anti-nuclear movement has not lost the energy war. PG&E is no longer allowed to build power plants whenever and wherever it likes. California’s public agencies … Continue reading
Memoir of a Movement By Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 10 PAYING FOR A $4.3 BILLION MISTAKE “Diablo Canyon is another Achilles’ Heel in a country that has too many already, and is a tragically expensive way of getting where we don’t … Continue reading
Memories of a Movement By Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 9 BUILDING A BACKWARD REACTOR “I wasn’t exactly popular around the office then, because most people thought I was just kind of nitpicking and that I was just stirring up trouble when … Continue reading
Memoirs of a Movement by Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 8 BLOCKADE AT DIABLO “The cops surround us, scores of them, and we sit and make statements, snack and sing. _ Wavy Gravy unzips his green jump suit to reveal his Santa … Continue reading
Memories of a Movement by Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 7 DIABLO CANYON: CONSERVATIONISTS AND INDUSTRIALISTS COOPERATE “Protecting something as wide as this planet is still an abstraction for many. Yet I see the day, in our own lifetime, that reverence for … Continue reading
Memoirs of a Movement By Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 6 MANIPULATING THE SYSTEM: CREATING LAWS TO STOP NUCLEAR POWER “The Supreme Court decision was unfortunate or misguided. The nuclear industry is dead until these laws are repea1ed.” -Lou Bernath San Diego … Continue reading
Memoirs of a Movement, Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 5 THE OTHER PLANTS: POINTING OUT THE FAULTS “PG&E has a public-be-damned attitude and only pays lip service to conservation. Nuclear power plants are the new toy that every utility wants — they’re … Continue reading
Memories of a Movement by Mark Evanoff Chapter 4 HUMBOLDT BAY: “A TEMPLE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF MANKIND” Humboldt is a symbol of the great good that can come from an enlightened partnership of industry and government. Humboldt is but … Continue reading
Memories of a Movement by Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 3 CREATING THE BODEGA BAY ATOMIC PARK “The crucial issue here, as I see it, is not Bodega Head itself, but the whole sorry example of unplanned exploitation. I often feel that … Continue reading
Memories of a Movement by Mark Evanoff CHAPTER 2 PG&E INVESTS IN A DREAM “Norman Sutherland was intrigued by the atom and did everything he could to stimulate it in industry. Sutherland didn’t have to be pulled into atomic power, … Continue reading
On April 22nd, the East Bay Times published a commentary by a representative of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) calling for the deregulation of the state’s corporations by cutting back on the powers of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). … Continue reading
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Part 4: Financial Methods Chapter 15: Overcapitalization Chapter 16: Watered Stock Chapter 17: Other Instances of Watered Stock Chapter 18: The Defense of Inflations Chapter 19: Inflations Challenged Chapter 20: Do Inflations Affect Rates? Chapter 21: Rates Chapter 22: Prodigious … Continue reading
Part 8: Regulation Chapter 65: Regulatory Commissions Chapter 66: Pinchot’s Plan for Pennsylvania Chapter 67: The Breakdown of Regulation Part 9: Political Activities Chapter 68: Who Rules American and How? Part 8: Regulation Chapter 65: Regulatory Commissions Regulating the Regulators … Continue reading
Part 5: Some Typical Companies Chapter 27: The Alabama Power Company Chapter 28: Muscle Shoals Chapter 29: The Insull Utilities Chapter 30: The Foshay Company Part 5: Some Typical Companies Chapter 27: The Alabama Power Company Domestic Current at Eighteen … Continue reading
Part 6: Propaganda Methods Chapter 31: The Propaganda Forces Chapter 32: Utilities and the Press Chapter 33: The Present Trend in American Journalism Chapter 34: Control Through Ownership Chapter 35: Control Through Advertising Chapter 36: Propaganda Follows the Advertising Chapter … Continue reading
Part 3: Financial Structure and Methods Chapter 8: The Fight to Get the Facts Chapter 9: Corporation Finance Chapter 10: Intercorporate Relations Chapter 11: Mergers Chapter 12: The Holding Company Chapter 13: The Holding Company Chapter 14: Subsidiaries of the … Continue reading
Part 2: The Organization Chapter 4: The Parent Structure Chapter 5: Non-Utility Organizations Chapter 6: Membership and Financial Support Chapter 7: The Concentration of Control Part 2: The Organization Chapter 4: The Parent Structure Titanic Power of the United Utilities … Continue reading
Foreword: The Monopoly Mystery Solved Introduction: Is There a Power Trust? Part 1: The Hearings Chapter 1: The Investigations Chapter 2: Confessions Chapter 3: The Ultimate Purpose Foreword: The Monopoly Mystery Solved Till now the realm of private monopoly has … Continue reading
CHAPTER 7 “Protecting something as wide as this planet is still an abstraction for many. Yet I see the day, in our own lifetime, that reverence for the natural systems—the oceans, the rain forests, the soil, the grasslands, and all … Continue reading
via nf2045.blogspot.com / January 22, 2012 / Book Review Yaroshinskaya, Alla, A. (2011) Chernobyl: Crime without Punishment. Transaction Publishers. The Chernobyl catastrophe was largely forgotten and dismissed by the world as soon as the smoldering…
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The Zorro myth is based on Joaquin Murrieta who came to California during the gold rush. Contrary to the Disney TV series or movies, Joaquin’s story was very different. His gang didn’t focus on the plight of Mission Indians or the Spanish but on White californians. He was called a bandit and murderer, for which he was hunted down and supposedly killed.
John Fremont is the “Father” of California. He killed hundreds of First nation people as well as the twin sons of the popular mayor of SF as well as N. California’s largest land owner, with the goal of getting control of the biggest mercury mine in the western hemisphere. He was the country’s first republican candidate for president(1856), the states first senator as well as a governor, but removed and then convicted of treason but a federal court martial, to be pardoned the next day by President Polk. The story of John Fremont is the story of the southern movement of Manifest Destiny, or the destruction of first people lands.