No, that's directly on the power utilities, who refused to clear the land around their towers and wires, because they were going broke. The blackouts in NorCal are all PG$E avoiding more lawsuits from fires from their old, falling down infrastructure.
This EO is about land PG$E doesn't manage, it's state land - which has become a tinderbox via drought and an incompetent state government. It's a serious issue. They're killing people and ruining millions of acres over bullshit "ecology" memes, by not allowing brush to be cut and fire breaks made and maintained. They also aren't allowed to do controlled burns, that reduce threat.
Newsom would be fuming right now, if he had the reading skill to read this EO. He'll be pissy when his aides read it to him and explain it. This is a big middle finger to him, specifically.
It’s a hugely complicated issue. California lost over a billion trees a few years ago to a beetle. The ability to remove them or do controlled burns has been happening for years but there are massive amounts of areas that are inaccessible.
The one with PGE was started by a homeless guy fucking with their equipment, California just has stupid rules that make the company responsible.
All of those power outages in cal can be blamed on bad forest management.
No, that's directly on the power utilities, who refused to clear the land around their towers and wires, because they were going broke. The blackouts in NorCal are all PG$E avoiding more lawsuits from fires from their old, falling down infrastructure.
This EO is about land PG$E doesn't manage, it's state land - which has become a tinderbox via drought and an incompetent state government. It's a serious issue. They're killing people and ruining millions of acres over bullshit "ecology" memes, by not allowing brush to be cut and fire breaks made and maintained. They also aren't allowed to do controlled burns, that reduce threat.
Newsom would be fuming right now, if he had the reading skill to read this EO. He'll be pissy when his aides read it to him and explain it. This is a big middle finger to him, specifically.
That’s false.
It’s a hugely complicated issue. California lost over a billion trees a few years ago to a beetle. The ability to remove them or do controlled burns has been happening for years but there are massive amounts of areas that are inaccessible.
The one with PGE was started by a homeless guy fucking with their equipment, California just has stupid rules that make the company responsible.