utilities

Thousands Ordered to Leave as Northern California Fire Rages

JOCELYN GECKER and NOAH BERGER / The Associated Press Oct 24, 2019 All of Geyserville and others in Sonoma County are evacuated as blaze grows to 15-plus square miles; high winds prompt rolling blackouts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Power Cut to 1 Million in California to Try to Prevent Deadly Fires

BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA / The Associated Press Oct 9, 2019 Schools and businesses close and markets run dry due as unpopular, drastic measure takes effect before forecasted high winds arrive. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Leveraged Buyout of America

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Aug 26, 2013 Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; control power plants; and store and hoard vast quantities of commodities of all sorts. They are systematically buying up or gaining control of the essential lifelines of the economy. How did they pull this off, and where did they get the money? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Bolivia Nationalizes Electrical Grid

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2012 As neighboring Argentina brings its oil supply under state control, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced last week that his government has placed the country's electricity sector under public ownership by seizing the main power grid from a Spanish company. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Baghdad’s Other Power Struggle

BLANK May 11, 2008 As one U.S. soldier tells Truthdig foreign correspondent Anna Badkhen, it's not entirely a bad sign that residents of Baghdad's Saidiyah neighborhood are complaining about their meager daily power allotment: A year earlier they were concerned about just staying alive. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )