The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays 01.31.19 – 6:00PM PG&E’s bankruptcy could have ripple effects far beyond the fate of the utility company. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization this week because of financial liabilities from several years of … Continue reading
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Fires choke utility and U.S. asks: Who pays for warming?
Benjamin Storrow, E&E News reporter Climatewire In the summer of 2017, before a series of wildfires ripped across California’s wine country, killing 44 people, incinerating thousands of homes and causing $9.4 billion in damage, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was riding … Continue reading
State Regulators Must Level the Playing Field
(originally posted on California Current, cacurrent.com by V. John White on March 3, 2016 – link) The California Public Utilities Commission in 2013 and 2014 authorized Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to buy power to meet … Continue reading
By 2020, Toyota plans to sell 30,000 fuel-cell cars a year, reach 94 mpg with Prius
Yesterday, Benjamin Hulac, E&E reporter, posted this news regarding the Toyota environmental objectives released yesterday in Japan. Here is a brief excerpt: Toyota released a new corporate blueprint of environmental objectives yesterday in Japan, establishing lofty objectives to streamline production … Continue reading
Clean Power Champions: Tom Hayden commenting on the Pope’s Climate Change Encyclical
Remarks by Senator Tom Hayden on the Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change. This was recorded at CEERT’s 2015 Clean Power Champions Award event at the California Museum in Sacramento, California. June 19, 2015 In the Footsteps of Other Popes, … Continue reading