The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water
Category: FIRE
BURN’EM UP LIST – 2019 These California communities could be the next Paradise
WINDOW “FIRE” WARNING: Low E Energy Windows a “HIDDEN” WORLDWIDE FIRE PLAN . . .
5 ON YOUR SIDE – TV REPORTING
‘THE NEXT ASBESTOS’: SCIENTIST SAYS LOW-E WINDOWS CAUSE DANGEROUS REFLECTION
POSTED MAY 14, 2018 UPDATED JULY 13, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. — THEY’RE REFLECTIONS FROM A WINDOW STRONG ENOUGH TO MELT SIDING ON HOMES AND EVEN START FIRES.
IT’S AN ISSUE WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS THAT 5 ON YOUR SIDE HAS INVESTIGATED FOR YEARS. NOW, A FORENSIC SCIENTIST HAS REACHED OUT TO MONICA LALIBERTE WITH CONCERNS.
Read more “WINDOW “FIRE” WARNING: Low E Energy Windows a “HIDDEN” WORLDWIDE FIRE PLAN . . .”
WATER CONFLICTS in FAMILIES – Why are we still conserving water? – The San Diego Union-Tribune
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/mediate-this/sd-me-mediatethis0303-story.html
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The National Conflict Resolution Center handles many disputes involving minor family tensions that escalate into major sources of friction. We explore this category today with an example of a couple locked in disagreement over water conservation practices. Partner A, who grudgingly agreed to curtail water usage during the drought, believes the current onslaught of rain is a license to take long showers and run the tap while brushing teeth. Partner B, who is deeply committed to environmental sustainability, sees no reason to backslide into wasteful habits.
Like most domestic standoffs, this was prompted by a “presenting issue” (an argument over water conservation), but it involves more complex challenges of handling 24/7 diverging views and clashing priorities.
United States Dept. of Commerce Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Division
REMOVE Various PLANTS: San Rafael rolls out wildfire prevention proposal – Marin Independent Journal
FIRE in Paradise: Images in the SMOKE
PG&E (Rothschild) abandoning water-power project – Impacting 600,000 water customers . . .
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9211996-181/pge-abandoning-water-power-project-in
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n a letter to Mendocino County stakeholders, the embattled utility said: “We recognize the gravity of this action, but believe it is appropriate given PG&E’s current circumstances.”
The expected bankruptcy filing “underscores the decision,” but was not the primary cause, PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno said. “We have been looking to divest this and other (hydro) projects that are noneconomical for years,” he said.
Power from Potter Valley exceeds the cost of alternative sources of renewable power on the open market and is therefore a burden on PG&E ratepayers, Moreno said.
But the water is virtually invaluable, especially to towns and ranches along the upper Russian River from Potter Valley to Healdsburg. The 7,000-acre valley alone produces $34 million worth of wine grapes, cattle and other products a year.
Grant Davis, general manager of Sonoma Water, said the water diverted from the Eel River and stored in Lake Mendocino near Ukiah, is “critically important” to his agency’s 600,000 customers.
Asked if Sonoma County could afford to lose that water, Davis said: “I think everyone would like that answered.”
Letter from our Congressman
United States-Israel energy cooperation
http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:17337%20edition:prelim)
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FIRE OFFICIALS – We Are “NOT” PREPARED – More WILL Burn CALIFORNIA BURNING – SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING a MUST WATCH
Streamed Live January 26, 2018 in Santa Rosa, California AFTER Santa Rosa BURNED . . .Headlines: SIERRA FIRES…”ONE Fire Event Away”?!Sen. Mike McGuire fears “Sierra fire”, “fires threatening entire cities”, “fires in Dec. in wet areas”.Video is from Ca. Senate Meeting Jan. 26, 2018 held in Santa Rosa, Ca. on ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON GAS, ELECTRIC AND TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.Deborah Tavares Presents Oral Comments at 1:05.30 AND 3:54.22Meeting panel included Ca. Senator Mike McGuire, CALFire Chief Ken Pimlott, President Cal. Public Utilities Commission Michael Picker, and more.1:00.02 “We are one event away in the Sierra from having an uncontrollable firestorm.”1:00.15 “I think you said in a previous hearing [this would be] – the potential worst crisis in your career’s history, and you’ve had a lot of bad ones.”1:01.07 “We are not prepared.”1:01.23 “We had fires at Christmastime in 2015 in Humboldt County, which is one of the wettest spots on earth.”1:50.40 “we know that the disasters that we’ve had continue to stare us down because it’s gonna happen again…”1:51.13 “because it’s not just about new development. Coffee Park is two miles into the city. If you live in Larkfield or if you live in Coffee Park, what you always thought was…. we always thought we were going to be hit with an earthquake.”1:51:30 “There is no way in hell that we thought that 1300 homes would be burned down in Coffee Park – it was impossible. There’s no Wildland Interface, it’s across 6 lanes of a highway, and there’s a lot of pavement in between where Coffee Park and where that fire came from Calistoga.”1:51:58 “Where I think our new normal is…the size and scope and the severity of those wildland fire events, now are coming in and threatening entire cities, that just 10 years ago would have never thought something like this could have happened.”2:54:00 List to PG&E discuss turning the power off and why the utility did not de-energize the grid