Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:26:45 +0000
The insurance industry is setting buildings on fire to demonstrate techniques to mitigate the risks of wildfires.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 23:04:16 +0000
Wildfires have had a devastating impact on California and on the state’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). PG&E’s equipment has been linked to several major wildfires in […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 21:56:32 +0000
California regulators have denied Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) plan to sell a multibillion-dollar stake in the utility’s power generation fleet to a New York-based investment firm. Oakland-based PG&E, which […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:51:55 +0000
California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) said the company is nearing a deal to sell power generation assets to KKR, a New York City-based global investment firm that has […]
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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:31:15 +0000
Athens, Georgia — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Joan Mooney was in Georgia today to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is supporting wildland fire management. During a visit to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia, Principal Deputy Assistant … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Edward Stewart| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:30:14 +0000
Owners and operators of thermal and renewable energy infrastructure are navigating new and emerging risks due to digitization of the grid, an uncertain regulatory landscape, and changing environmental and weather […]
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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:01:09 +0000
Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced the award of more than $34 million to reduce the risk to … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:31:23 +0000
Thousands of people in Quebec, Canada evacuated their homes this month due to raging wildfires. More than 400 miles away, New York City experienced its worst air quality in history, and briefly had the worst air quality of any city in the world. And New York wasn’t alone: As of June 7, 2023, more than […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:35:57 +0000
Climate change has suddenly become much more real for many Americans as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the country.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 23:35:33 +0000
Fireworks start over 19,000 fires and send over 9,000 people to the ER each year in the United States.