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Japan government contacted Toshiba shareholders before AGM - sources

Japan's government contacted several foreign shareholders in Toshiba Corp ahead of the conglomerate's annual meeting, three people familiar with the matter said, in what at least one investor saw as ... read more

George Boardman: Officials seek political cover while PG&E’s victims fight to recover damages

Lost in all of this political posturing are the 70,000 to 100,000 victims of PG&E’s negligence that led to ... billion in wildfire claims, but PG&E won’t pay anything near that amount. Before filing ... read more

Wildfires Lead to Helicopter Rescues in California and Destruction in Washington

PG&E, the state’s largest power provider, just emerged from bankruptcy ... its own meats. And every wildfire season, the threat of destruction loomed like the granite rock faces towering over ... read more

California wildfires: Live updates Sept. 10-11

In mid-August, 2020, an unusual heat wave fixated over ... wildfire precaution, said PG&E spokesman Jeff Smith. At least 97% of the customers have had electricity turned back on, and the rest should ... read more

‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Wildfire resources run thin

Silvera, a 43-year-old battalion chief with Cal Fire, California’s state firefighting agency, said he’s lost track of the ... of the nation’s wildfire-fighting forces to an extraordinary ... read more

Can Fire Insurance Manage Wildfire Risks in California?

Using surface temperature data, a team led by University ... certain policies; this applies to least 800,000 homes in California wildfire disaster areas. As more Californians lose their standard ... read more

Documents reveal California's PG&E botched blackout, fire crisis

The company spent three years in bankruptcy starting in 2001, after California’s attempt to deregulate its power market went awry. Maintenance failures led ... PG&E’s community wildfire ... read more

Bigger, longer blackouts could lie ahead in California

Twice over the past two weeks, PG&E has cut power to large areas of northern and central California to reduce the risk of its equipment sparking fires. Nearly 2 million people lost electricity ... read more

They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?

Heart-shattering for those who lost homes ... actually fighting some really, some really deep cultural attitudes around who gets to use it and where it belongs in society.” A PG&E employee ... read more

Tom Del Beccaro: California's power blackouts, energy nightmare and more are coming your way, America

This has led to at least one reported death and has also caused widespread food spoilage in stores. All in all, PG&E’s drastic measures have resulted in billions lost – just in October alone. read more