Stories by Elizabeth McCarthy

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Arnold's Energy Script Needs a Power Bar

Posted on Oct 10, 2003, Source: AlterNet

No one has ever heard Arnold talk about his energy policy. Maybe that's because California's governor-elect doesn't really have one.

The Rolling Information Blackout

Posted on Mar 27, 2001, Source: Albion Monitor

The amounts of money being traded in California's energy crisis are staggering. But the story is not about the corporate world; it's about the secret deal-making by Governor Gray Davis to avoid more rolling blackouts.

The Adventures of Wally the Watt

Posted on Jan 30, 2001, Source: Sacramento News & Review

When the son of an electricity farmer meets the powers-that-be of the deregulated power industry, he finds himself in the middle of a crisis.

Power Hungry

Posted on Aug 9, 2000, Source: Albion Monitor

Brownouts and blackouts in California are getting as common as visits from your relatives. Rather than encouraging energy conservation, the state is building more polluting power power plants.
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