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Government Deals Blow To Energy Companies In Wake Of San Bruno Disaster

AP | By GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.08.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Energy companies will need to keep up-to-date records to prove they are running the nation's aging pipelines at safe pressures under ...

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Earth Day Call to Service: Vote Green and Clean in 2012

Christine Pelosi | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Al Gore, Karl Rove, President Obama, Koch Brothers, Earth Day, Climate Change, PG&E, Epa, Clean Money, Earth Day 2012, Department of Energy, Democratic Party, Citizens United, Democrats, Environmental Protection Agency, Republicans, Politics News

A generation of Earth Days has conditioned millions of us to be green in our homes yet we must apply the same ethic to our politics if we want to save our planet and our democracy. What must we do? Vote green and clean in 2012.

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PG&E Announces Massive Settlement With San Bruno Explosion Victims

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 05.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay $70 million in restitution to San Bruno for the 2010 pipeline explosion that killed...

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'We Want To Pay Restitution For The Great Tragedy We Caused'

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 04.16.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — The city of San Bruno said Wednesday settlement talks were back on track with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. about compensation for ...

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PG&E Admits To Yet Another Error

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Pg&e Misclassified Pipelines, Pacific Gas and Electric, Pg&e Pipelines, PG&E, Pg&e Pipeline Error, Pacific Gas and Electric Error, Pacific Gas and Electric Misclassified Pipelines, Pacific Gas and Electric Pipelines, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Officials for a California utility have acknowledged the company wrongly classified hundreds of miles of natural gas transmission lin...

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FINALLY: PG&E Assumes Civil Liability In San Bruno Blast

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 02.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials confirmed Tuesday the company will take financial responsibility for the deadly San Bruno p...

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Ruptured PG&E Pipeline Causes Landslide On Freeway

AP | Posted 01.07.2012

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SAN MATEO, Calif. -- A 2-foot-wide section of pipe burst Sunday during a high-pressure water test along the same Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline in No...

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When Smoke Cleared: San Bruno, One Year After The Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.07.2011

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The first thing they noticed was the shaking. The ground erupting underneath the sleepy suburb of San Bruno on Sept. 9, 2010, felt like an earthqua...

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Did PG&E Predict Disaster?

AP | Posted 10.07.2011

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California newspaper says Pacific Gas and Electric repeatedly ignored safety concerns raised by its employees in ...

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PG&E Won't Blame The Victims

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- A California utility company says a court filing in response to dozens of lawsuits over the fatal San Bruno pipeline explosion wa...

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PG&E Postpones Nuclear Plant License Renewal Pending Seismic Study

AP | By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Diablo Canyon Safety, Nuclear Safety, Diablo Canyon, PG&E, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- The owner of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power complex asked federal regulators to delay issuing extended operating permits until compreh...

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Green News Report: March 31, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Co2, Fracking, United Nations, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Chernobyl, Electricity, Radioactivity, Germany, Fossil Fuels, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Contamination, California Air Resources Board, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, California, Dolphins, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Toxic Chemicals, Japan Earthquake, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Toxic Waste, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, China, Natural Disasters, Iaea, Joshua Tree, Genetically Modified Food, GMO Foods, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Airlines, Organic Farming, PG&E, Waste, Bp, Pacific Gas & Electric, Energy Efficiency, Monsanto, Waste Management, Tim Pawlenty, Smart Meter, National Parks, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama's '...

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Playing With Fire -- The Sham of Pipeline Safety Regulation

David Cay Johnston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Bruno, remappingdebate.org, PG&E, Safety, Utilities, Regulation, Pipelines, Ntsb, Politics News

Do you know whether you live, work, shop or play near a high-pressure pipeline like the one that recently blew up in San Bruno, killing eight people, burning 60 more, destroying 120 homes and leaving a crater 40 feet deep?

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Natural Gas Pipeline Crisis Plans Kept From Public

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Gas, Natural Gas Pipelines, Pipeline Crisis Plans, San Bruno, San Bruno Fire, San Bruno Explosion, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, PHMSA, Pge, Twa, Third World America, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether the California utility whose natural gas pipeline explosion killed at least eight peopl...

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Green News Report: September 28, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capitol Hill, Fracking, Australia, Oil Spill Response, Michael Mann, Epa, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Water Crisis, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Mountaintop Removal, Big Oil, Climate Science, California Air Resources Board, PG&E, Scotland, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Bp, California, White House Oil Spill Commission, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Justice Department, Energy Policy, Appalachia, BRAD BLOG, Halliburton, San Bruno Fire, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Climate Legislation, Hydraulic Fracturing, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, BP Oil Spill, Wildlife, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: SoCal is s...

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PG&E Has Lobbying Muscle To Help With San Bruno Fallout

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Bruno, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pg&e Lobbying, San Bruno Explosion, PG&E, San Bruno Fire, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Chase Davis As it gears up to avert any public relations or regulatory backlash from last week's f...

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Aging Gas Pipe At Risk Of Explosion Nationwide

AP | GARANCE BURKE and JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communitie...

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Deadly Priorities: Why Did PG&E Spend Millions on Politics, Instead of Pipelines?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Congressional Democrats, San Bruno PGE, PG&E Corp, San Bruno, President Obama, San Bruno Fire, PG&E, Jobs, Democrats, San Francisco, Prop 16, Politics News

As San Bruno struggles to recover from the deadly PG&E pipeline blast and fire, many are asking why the California utility spent tens of millions of dollars on politics before they repaired crumbling pipelines.

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Massive Explosion Outside San Francisco Kills 1, Destroys Dozens Of Homes

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATED AT 1:09 PM PDT SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- Fire crews tried to douse the remnants of an enormous blaze and account for the residents of dozens...

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California Voters to Choose: PG&E and Refineries or Clean Energy and the Climate

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Primary, ab32, PG&E Corp, Community Choice Aggregation, Prop 16, PG&E, Cap and Trade, Clean Energy, Green News

California voters should prepare for a barrage of election ads paid for by a somewhat green utility and two brown refineries hoping to postpone the transformation to the 21st century green economy.

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Paying the IOU: Boulder and its Expiring Xcel Franchise

Anne Butterfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boulder-Politics, Coal Power, Xcel Energy, Fossil Fuels, American Public Power Association, PG&E, Proposition 16, Utilities, Climate Change, Municipal Utilities, Dick Kelly, Denver News

With Xcel, Boulder pays Cadillac prices to cruise at the clean edge of the fossil fuel pack, but with a muni, we could be in a thrifty Prius zooming towards lots of wind and solar, shielded from coal's various costs.

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Who Wins When PG&E's Prop 16 Loses?

Ben Zolno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Social Media, Peter Darbee, Cca, Twitter, Social Networking, Grassroots, PG&E, Community, Clean Energy, Green Living, Green Energy, Facebook, David and Goliath, Prop 16, Los Angeles News

Because Prop 16's failure assures communities will now be able to greatly reduce mercury, carbon and other toxins into the environment -- where we live -- we can now add a few more winners to the list.

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California Rejects PG&E, Despite Spending $46 Million

Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Option, PG&E, Clean Energy, Public Power, Prop 16, California, June 8 Primary Elections 2010, California Elections, Dirty Energy, Prop 17, Politics News

Last night's defeat of Prop 16 was one of the most historic victories in California history. Californians want a choice in the marketplace that provides them with renewable energy sources.

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Corporate "Smart" Initiatives Will Test California Voters' Smarts Tuesday

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California June Primary Election, Mercury Insurance, Proposition 17, PG&E, Proposition 16, California-Ballot-Initiative, California Politics, Municipal Utilities, Los Angeles News

Spending tens of millions of dollars on deceptive TV advertising could be enough to buy public policy in California. You can bet companies across America will be watching closely to see what happens.

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PG&E Outspending Opponents $511 to $1 On Prop. 16 Campaign

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition 16, Pg&e Prop 16, Prop 16, PG&E, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams When it comes to political metaphors, "David vs. Goliath" doesn't really serve to ...

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