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By | 05/07/2013 | California, California, Energy and Water, Energy and Water

Major newspapers are covering a recommendation by the California Public Utilities Commission to fine PG&E over $2.25 billion for for negligence that led to a catastrophic gas explosion in San Bruno in 2010.

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By | 12/11/2012 | Energy and Water, Organizations, Texas

Austin Energy, an energy company owned by the City of Austin that serves the residents of Austin and surrounding areas, is about to receive a $500,000 grant for the Central Texas Fuel Independence Project from the US Department of Energy…

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By | 11/14/2012 | California, Economy, Energy and Water, Environment

California opened their landmark greenhouse gas allowance auction under AB 32, which is aimed to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2050.

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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
By | 11/12/2012 | California, Energy and Water

The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant will propose high-energy seismic testing to the Coastal Commission on November 14.

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By | 07/23/2012 | Activism, California

Lew Hill founded the Pacifica Radio network in 1949 in Berkeley. The five Pacifica stations were the first listener-sponsored radio stations in the country and were the model for NPR..

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By | 07/20/2012 | California, Economy, States

The California park system secretly hid $54 million as it cut services and begged for money from private donors, which is certainly some kind of new low in bottom-dwelling, cynical, manipulative,.

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