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Utility shut-offs soar for poor PG&E customers

For the 12 months that ended in August, 91,393 low-income households lost their utility service, compared with 52,202 in the previous 12-month period. Most soon paid to have service restored. The report, from a division of the California Public ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PG&E

Companies ranked on efforts to cut emissions

Compiled by the nonprofit group Climate Counts, the survey of 90 big American companies found that most were addressing the issue, either by cutting their energy use, measuring their output of greenhouse gases, adopting policies to reduce emissions or ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Levi Strauss,  eBay Inc.,  Nike

Redwood City startup wins green contest

The open offers its winners some attention, some cash and the opportunity to work with established businesses and executives to help develop their ideas. Chevron, for example, announced Tuesday that it would become the contest's latest big-name partner, ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chevron Corporation,  Autodesk, Inc.,  Google Inc.,  PG&E

Chevron sues former lawyer in Ecuador case

Chevron Corp. has sued a lawyer who used to represent the plaintiffs in a $27 billion pollution lawsuit against the oil company in Ecuador, hoping to cast doubt on the case. Chevron on Friday filed a complaint for malicious prosecution against ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chevron Corporation

New nonprofit uses Web to pressure Chevron

Astonished at the soil and water contamination surrounding Ecuador's oil fields. And astonished that he'd never heard of it before. So Goldman, one of the founders of the Men's Wearhouse clothing chain, has created a nonprofit group that will use ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Chevron Corporation,  Men's Wearhouse, Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Jeremiah Owyang

PG&E sued over new SmartMeters, soaring bills

SmartMeters, which Pacific Gas and Electric Co. have been installing throughout its territory, are the subject of a lawsuit by a Bakersfield man who blames them for his soaring electric bills. Pete Flores has sued PG&E over the meters, claiming they ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PG&E,  Paul Moreno,  Dean Florez

Inventors' high-flying kites harness wind power

Some of the ideas seem outlandish, at least at first glance. One proposed generator looks like a big, floating ball that rolls in the wind, a thousand feet off the ground. Another resembles a skeletal helicopter with four rotors and no pilot. Both ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Saul Griffith

New business group backs climate-change bill

American Businesses for Clean Energy will push for passage at the same time that other business groups, most notably the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, try to block or change global warming bills wending their way through Congress. "We're way behind in ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Tom King,  National Grid,  Apple, Inc.,  PG&E

Altamont Landfill's gas fuels garbage trucks

A company that manages landfills has a new source of fuel for its garbage trucks - rotting trash. At the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Waste Management Inc. has installed a $15.5 million system that collects gas given off by decomposing garbage and ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Waste Management, Inc.,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Chevron quarterly profit off 52% from '08 record

But the results may look worse than they actually are. Chevron, the nation's second-largest oil company, made a record $7.89 billion ($3.852) in the third quarter of 2008, when oil prices were at their historic peak. This year's third quarter merely ...

From DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Chevron Corporation,  ExxonMobil,  ConocoPhillips,  Morningstar, Inc.,  New York Mercantile Exchange

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