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PG&E will pilot bidirectional electric car charging in California

Enlarge / If you’re going to charge your car at home, why not also use it as a storage battery when it’s just parked there? (credit: Monty Rakusen/Getty Images) Disaster preparedness is becoming a bit more mainstream as the effects of climate change and the fallibility of human institutions become more clear. The auto industry […]

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PG&E likely sparks another massive fire, pledges to bury 10, 000 miles of power lines

Enlarge / Power lines are cast in silhouette as the Creek Fire creeps up on on the Shaver Springs community off of Tollhouse Road on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 in Auberry, CA. (credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times ) It took a string of deadly fires, criminal convictions, a messy bankruptcy, and a multibillion-dollar […]