How Hedge Funds Are Shaping PG&E’s Future
But others have expressed disappointment. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the board choices troubling this spring. Newsom said he’d expected to see a greater emphasis placed on changing the company’s safety culture.
PG&E Lost Longtime Tree-Trimming Contractor as Scrutiny on Utility Mounted Over Wildfires
“It’s a serious loss that they’ve had to compensate [for] by recruiting all over the country,” said Tom Dalzell, business manager at IBEW 1245. “As an agent of the utility, [Asplundh] was subject to the law of inverse condemnation,” Dalzell said, referring to the state law that holds utilities responsible for wildfire damage caused by their equipment, regardless of whether they were negligent.
This Controversial Executive Could Become PG&E’s Next CEO
In February, Johnson defended a decision by the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors who, against President Trump’s urging, voted to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants. TVA maintained it has had a strong record on clean energy during Johnson’s time at the helm.
Stockton’s ‘Guaranteed Income’ Experiment: Why Mayor Tubbs Is Doing It
Stockton is one of the first cities in the U.S. to run a trial of this size, which will continue for another 18 months. The money goes to a small group of randomly-selected residents who live in neighborhoods where the median annual income is at or below $46,033.
The Push To Break Up The Boys’ Club At The Fed
The field of economics has a problem. At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women. That statistic has hardly budged in decades.
Canadian Executives Transferring to U.S. Face Losing Visa Perk
Date: July 24, 2018
Salesforce Backs $100 Million Venture Capital Fund in Canada
Date: May 3, 2018
Trump’s Nafta Shift Could Cost Canadians and Mexicans Their Jobs on Wall Street
Date: January 12, 2018
California Legalization Has Canadian Pot Stocks Smoking
Date: January 2, 2018
As Trump Snubs High-Tech Visas, Trudeau’s Program Takes Off
Date: December 18, 2017
Linamar Exposed, Magna Not So Much, to U.S. Nafta Auto Threat
Date: November 15, 2017
Americans Struggle to Adopt from Kyrgyzstan (text)
Post Date: June 17, 2011
Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Resistance to mosque in New York (slideshow and radio story)
Post Date: June 18, 2010
Location: New York, NY
How to Light a Village (video)
Post Date: December 24, 2009
Location: Chenuwitz, Guatemala
(Reported with Lisa Desai)
High-Flyers a Sign of the Times (video)
Post Date: August 17, 2010
Location: New York, NY
