CA housing department job vacancies stymie Newsom’s policies | The Sacramento Bee

CA housing department job vacancies stymie Newsom’s policies | The Sacramento Bee: Subscriber Exclusive: Our reporters followed a tip that California’s housing agency is struggling to fulfill Gov. Newsom’s goals. Here’s what we found.

Covid-19 Will Mark the End of Affluence Politics | WIRED

Covid-19 Will Mark the End of Affluence Politics | WIRED: The possibility of a global pandemic will reveal our inability to make and distribute the things people need—just in time for a presidential election.

March/April 2020 - MIT Technology Review

March/April 2020 - MIT Technology Review: The mission of MIT Technology Review is to bring about better-informed and more conscious decisions about technology through authoritative, influential, and trustworthy journalism.

Trump plays a dangerous game in weakening the top intelligence job - The Washington Post

Trump plays a dangerous game in weakening the top intelligence job - The Washington Post: The president’s efforts risk increasing America’s vulnerability to strategic surprise

Coronavirus live updates: Markets slump as outbreak spreads; France, Iran report new deaths - The Washington Post

Coronavirus live updates: Markets slump as outbreak spreads; France, Iran report new deaths - The Washington Post: Stocks fell in Europe as investors worried over the epidemic’s risks to the world economy. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 300 points shortly after open.

Finance Expert Refutes Claim That African Countries Are Borrowing Too Much - in Fact, They're Paying Too Much | The National Interest

Finance Expert Refutes Claim That African Countries Are Borrowing Too Much - in Fact, They're Paying Too Much | The National Interest: Here's everything you need to know.

PG&E plans to raise up to US$25.68 billion by selling securities - CNA

PG&E plans to raise up to US$25.68 billion by selling securities - CNA: California power producer PG&E Corp said on Tuesday it plans to raise up to US$25.68 billion by selling securities, as it works its way out of ...

REFILE-BRIEF-PG&E Says May Sell Securities For Up To $25.68 Bln - Reuters

REFILE-BRIEF-PG&E Says May Sell Securities For Up To $25.68 Bln - Reuters: (Corrects to add dropped word in headline)

Wildfire Victim Challenges PG&E to Improve Accountability – NBC Bay Area

Wildfire Victim Challenges PG&E to Improve Accountability – NBC Bay Area: PG&E’s top executive tried to assure wildfire victims and regulators on Tuesday that the company is building a much safer path for its future.

PG&E: Local power facility could energize Humboldt in future PSPS events | KRCR

PG&E: Local power facility could energize Humboldt in future PSPS events | KRCR: The potential for Humboldt County's power grid to remain online during future Public Safety Power Shutoff events is possible, according to PG&E andHumboldt County District 1 Supervisor Rex Bohn. Bohn posted to Facebooksaying he met with Senior Vice President of PG&E James M. Welsch and local representatives Tuesday afternoon, and discussed the county's options for staying energized during PSPS events.

State ownership of Pacific Gas and Electric could fix major issues - Daily Bruin

State ownership of Pacific Gas and Electric could fix major issues - Daily Bruin: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company has a monopoly on California's monthly energy bills. But greed and private profit motives should be reserved for board games – not the lives…

PG&E Should Be Able to 'Island' Humboldt County This Summer, Saving Us From Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Company Execs Say | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County

PG&E Should Be Able to 'Island' Humboldt County This Summer, Saving Us From Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Company Execs Say | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County

PG&E CEO assures utility's safety issues are being fixed

PG&E CEO assures utility's safety issues are being fixed: PG&E Corp. CEO Bill Johnson blamed negligence by the company's past management for a cascade of catastrophes that killed nearly 140 people.

PG&E chief tells regulators: Safety 'getting better'

PG&E chief tells regulators: Safety 'getting better': Bill Johnson, the utility's CEO, blamed negligence by the company's past management for a cascade of catastrophes that killed nearly 140 people.

Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? - The New York Times

Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? - The New York Times: One letter to executives around the world has prioritized climate change on corporate agendas. But will this make a difference without government regulation?

Building Bridges to Negative Emissions | The Breakthrough Institute

Building Bridges to Negative Emissions | The Breakthrough Institute: Wide-scale deployment of direct air capture may be as hard, or harder, than developing the core technology itself.

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Help… | The Breakthrough Institute

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Could Help… | The Breakthrough Institute: The path to a zero-carbon world will demand expanded clean energy services and infrastructure that the petrochemical industry is uniquely suited to…

Meeting Meat-Eaters Halfway | The Breakthrough Institute

Meeting Meat-Eaters Halfway | The Breakthrough Institute: But meat consumption in Poland is actually climbing, not falling.1 Between 2012 and 2018, the average Pole added over 17 extra pounds of meat to their…

Must We Be Cruel to Be Kind to the… | The Breakthrough Institute

Must We Be Cruel to Be Kind to the… | The Breakthrough Institute: Which life is more worthwhile? That of a polar bear or that of a farm cow? Beetle or pig?

Quarantines, Soldiers, And Cities | Hoover Institution

Quarantines, Soldiers, And Cities | Hoover Institution: At the end of a lecture on future threats to the Missouri National Guard a few years ago, I was asked what unexpected event might challenge their capabilities. I replied that a mission impossible would result from an explosively lethal pandemic that triggered quarantines on major cities—their enforcement efforts would fail, due to the physical structures of today’s urban areas.