WILDFIRES
PG&E finds almost 10,000 grid risks
The California utility blamed for igniting multiple deadly wildfires found nearly 10,000 risks, many of them urgent, as it inspected its electric power network.
Anne has written extensively about California's climate law, the state's push on renewable power, electric vehicles, drought, and the people leading key energy developments. She's covered issues in Hawaii, Arizona, Oregon and Washington state. She earlier reported on lobbying and influence from E&E News' Washington, D.C., headquarters. She worked previously for The Denver Post's Washington bureau and several California papers including the Orange County Register. She graduated from UCLA.
The California utility blamed for igniting multiple deadly wildfires found nearly 10,000 risks, many of them urgent, as it inspected its electric power network.
The liberal enclave of Berkeley, Calif., will ban natural gas hookups in new homes starting next year, a move praised by advocates as a revolutionary step to address climate change.
Higher temperatures spawned by climate change played a "decisive" role in spawning extreme wildfires in California, a new study said.
One of the most controversial options for dealing with sea-level rise — removing beachfront homes — is becoming politically explosive in California, local officials said Friday.
Oceanfront homeowners in California who have taken over swaths of public beach with expansive lawns and other landscaping must remove the intrusions, the state Coastal Commission said yesterday.