On AlterNet: pg&e

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Utility Company's 'Green' Program Misleads Taxpayers Into Thinking They're Helping To Preserve Forests

Susanne Rust, California Watch. June 20, 2011.

Thousands of PG&E customers are effectively paying twice to "save" the same Mendocino County forests.

Backlash Against Smart Meters: Are the Green Gizmos Really a Threat to Public Health and Privacy?

Cameron Scott, AlterNet. February 2, 2011.

Smart meters were designed to help reduce energy consumption, but some California residents claim the technology does more harm than good.

Energy Company's Shocking Plan to Spray Clouds with Toxic Chemical to Increase Rainfall -- and Make Hydropower Profits

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. June 7, 2010.

The practice known as 'cloud seeding' has been done in California for decades. But the environmental costs are high and the regulations for corporations nonexistent.

PG&E's Audacious Attempt to Enshrine Its Energy Monopoly In the California Constitution

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. May 18, 2010.

The rich and corporate are abusing CA's initiative process to enforce their profits through the state's constitution.