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PG&E’s rolling blackouts probably don’t eliminate fire risk, and they actually could make responding to fires harder. What they largely do is shift responsibility away from the company.

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Tags: energy, usa.ca, wildfires, pg and e, electricity, infrastructure, blackouts.rolling, utilities, disasters.natural, author.abrahm lustgarten, source.propublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/taste-of-the-climate-apocalypse-to-come

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Title
A Taste of the Climate Apocalypse to Come - ProPublica
Authors
Abrahm Lustgarten
Published
Oct 22 2019
Word count
982 words

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  1. skybrian
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    Incentives in action. If they had anticipated the lawsuits, this probably would have started happening before PG&E went bankrupt.

    Incentives in action. If they had anticipated the lawsuits, this probably would have started happening before PG&E went bankrupt.

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