utilities
Environment
Jerry Brown signed $1 billion in wildfire prevention—and none of it applies to the fires this year
The $1 billion wildfire prevention bill passed in the last legislative session was supposed to "prevent catastrophic wildfires and protect Californians." Months later, the state faces another epic disaster. Why?
Economy
Climate change is going to cost California, and the bill will be staggering
As California lawmakers addressed epic wildfires this week, there was an inescapable subtext: Climate change will be staggeringly expensive, and we'll all pay for it.
Newsletters
California breaks ground on bail and energy
The Assembly approved the nation's toughest clean energy legislation, committing California to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed landmark bail reform into law.
Newsletters
Green energy, utilities at risk
Gov. Jerry Brown warned that the high cost of liability for wildfires could be the end of private utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric.