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63 The Empire of PG&E: Losing The Thread
In this episode, Sam, Kyle and Loren discuss the first 80ish years of PG&E and their operations throughout the 1900's to see exactly how they've grown from a fledgling monopoly into a full-grown, power-wielding corporation who has set their sights on expansion - no matter the cost.
Source Notes:
[1] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/
[2]
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/casualties.php
[3] Survey;
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-43/TOC.PDF
Chapter 8;
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-43/VOL_II/VII_C08.PDF
[4]
https://www.zippia.com/pacific-gas-and-electric-company-careers-34080/history/
[5]https://www.penspen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/past-present-future.pdf
[6]
https://mechanicalbasics.com/oxy-acetylene-welding-parts-working-advantages/
[7]
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ind.048
[8]
https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/role-sec
[9]
https://www.kcet.org/socal-focus/the-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant-a-48-year-odyssey
[10]
https://publicintegrity.org/environment/how-industry-scientists-stalled-action-on-carcinogen/
[11]https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-hexavalent-chromium-or-chromium-6
[12]
https://ejatlas.org/print/hinkley-groundwater-contamination
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In this episode, Sam, Kyle and Loren discuss the first 80ish years of PG&E and their operations throughout the 1900's to see exactly how they've grown from a fledgling monopoly into a full-grown, power-wielding corporation who has set their sights on expansion - no matter the cost.
Source Notes:
[1] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/
[2]
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/casualties.php
[3] Survey;
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-43/TOC.PDF
Chapter 8;
https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-43/VOL_II/VII_C08.PDF
[4]
https://www.zippia.com/pacific-gas-and-electric-company-careers-34080/history/
[5]https://www.penspen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/past-present-future.pdf
[6]
https://mechanicalbasics.com/oxy-acetylene-welding-parts-working-advantages/
[7]
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ind.048
[8]
https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/role-sec
[9]
https://www.kcet.org/socal-focus/the-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant-a-48-year-odyssey
[10]
https://publicintegrity.org/environment/how-industry-scientists-stalled-action-on-carcinogen/
[11]https://www.britannica.com/story/what-is-hexavalent-chromium-or-chromium-6
[12]
https://ejatlas.org/print/hinkley-groundwater-contamination
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