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Pulling the Plug on PG&E

Transitioning to ecological sustainability

California’s recent blackout shows how desperately we need to replace private utilities with community-controlled, publicly-owned, green energy systems.

Publication date: 2019-10-15
Parent publication: Nation
Publication URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/california-wildfire-power/

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