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SDG&E Asks CPUC For Approval To Add Some 2007 Wildfire Costs To Rates ...

2015-09-26 11:49:43| Energy - Topix.net

San Diego Gas & Electric asked the California Public Utilities Commission for approval to recover in rates the remaining costs to settle the 2,500 lawsuits related to the 2007 wildfires. SDG&E initially faced $4 billion in claims arising from the fires, but the company made a decision to settle as many cases as possible to reduce the overall customer cost impact.

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Pres. Obama Makes Disaster Declaration for Northern California Wildfire

2015-09-23 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: President Barack Obama declared a major disaster Tuesday in a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed at least 1,200 homes and killed at least three people. The declaration issued for the fire that broke out in Lake County 90 miles north of San Francisco releases federal money for recovery and cleanup, including grant money for temporary housing and home repairs. The devastating wildfire that started Sept. 12 ranks among California's most destructive and stands at 79 percent contained...

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Catching up with an active, destructive California wildfire season

2015-09-17 17:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mashable: This year has provided a particularly active wildfire season for the state of California as hundreds of thousands of acres have burned, fueled by the state's ongoing drought. What's made this season particularly note-worthy is the destruction caused by this season's blazes, destroying hundreds of homes and structures and forcing mandatory evacuations across multiple communities. Not that the severity of this season has come as a surprise. California's drought, ongoing since 2012 and officially...

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Obama Officials to Congress: Shift Wildfire Funding

2015-09-16 15:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: Top Obama administration officials are calling on Congress to change the way the government allocates funds for fighting wildfires as western states deal with one of the most destructive seasons on record. In a letter to Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan said this years fire season is proving to be disastrous,...

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Woman killed, 400 homes destroyed by California wildfire

2015-09-15 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A Northern California wildfire ranked as the most destructive to hit the drought-stricken U.S. West this year has killed a woman and burned some 400 homes to the ground, fire officials said on Monday, and they expect the property toll to climb. The so-called Valley Fire erupted on Saturday and spread quickly to a cluster of small communities in the hills and valleys north of Napa County's wine-producing region, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents. An elderly, disabled woman who...

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