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Contra FTAA, Solidaridad con Zapatistas a Feb. 23
protest this friday against the FTAA and in solidarity with the Zapatistas...
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2001 8:49am PST
Public Hearing (2/23) regarding a 51-megawatt "peaker power plant" at SFO.
I've researching our power situation today and ran across this press release from the California Energy Commission. Basically this says a new power plant is being proposed for SF airport, owned by El Paso Merchant Energy. This looks like an alternative to the plant that was going to float on the bay that no one wanted. Looks like there trying to slip this in. A Energy Commission vote is scheduled for Mar. 7. A public hearing is 2/23 at 10 am at the Holiday Inn in South San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2001 4:32pm PST
Washington State House Petition Promotes Energy Industry Lies
The Washington State House of Representatives produces a petition to the federal government concerning power export to California that might as well have been written by the energy industry....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2001 9:40pm PST
Energy Reregulation: Letter To DeFazio
A Seattle resident's letter to Oregon U.S. Represenative Peter DeFazio on his lesislation to reregulate the energy industry....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2001 9:58am PST
2/24 Public Power Rally, revised info
the march will make a stop at the 21st Street PG&E Payment Station to say, "No to Rate Hikes!" Then on to Dolores Park for music, dance, food, and a celebration...
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2001 9:21am PST
Bailout $ could have bought power plants
For the $2 billion spent since mid-January, we could have bought all the plants that the utilities sold to private companies that are now gouging us....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2001 8:18pm PST
Deregulation Price Tag: $40 billion
Deregulation Price Tag: $40 billion. Here¹s a partial, estimated itemization of what this colossal mistake has cost ratepayers so far:...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2001 8:15pm PST
Energy Execs Call Re-Regulation Marxist
Executive officers of leading energy companies fear "discrimination" in favor of consumers, "setting a bad precedent" for deregulation elsewhere. Plus a healthy bit of Red-baiting....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2001 1:35pm PST
Bailout Watch newsletter
Subscribe to the BAILOUT WATCH daily newsletter...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2001 9:17pm PST
Lorenzo Komboa Ervin Denied Entry to Canada
A letter to Canadian friends...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2001 2:33am PST
Public Power meeting 2/19
Teach-in report, plus:
Next general Campaign for Public Power meeting: Monday, Feb. 19 at 7pm at City Blend Cafe on 16th Street between Valencia and Mission...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 6:25pm PST
2/14, Globalization Advocacy Training, in SF, Free
Shaping the Policies of Globalization: Legislative Training. Feb. 14, New College SF, 6:30 pm...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 10:30am PST
PG&E Teach-In: Tim Redmond (video/x-pn-realvideo 11.3MB)
Tim Redmond, Bay Guardian editor, spoke at the PG&E Teach-In on Feb 11. (RealAudio, 10 minutes)...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 1:57am PST
CA energy crisis from Texas
California energy crisis manufactured in Texas.
Where is the Special Prosecutor who will investigate Bush's ties to the Oilies?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 12:04am PST
2/14 Citizen's Power Campaign
Come to a press conference Wednesday, February 14, 2001 at Noon on the West Steps of the Capitol in Sacramento...
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2001 11:55pm PST
Off tha Grid (Teatro Campesino) (video/x-pn-realvideo 25.9MB)
Teatro Campesino's guerrilla theater performance at the PG&E Teach-in on Feb 11 in San Francisco. Video, 17 minutes. (RealPlayer 8 required)...
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2001 11:49pm PST
PG&E - Mass rally 2/24
12 noon, Mission and 16th Street, SF, for speeches and street theater; then march to Dolores Park for music,
dance, food, and a celebration...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2001 1:05pm PST
PG&E - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, MON., 2/12: COME!
This Monday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will be discussing the creation of a Municipal Utilities District.
Come to support this, plus......
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2001 12:52pm PST
2/11 PG&E Teach-In, SF
Bay Area wide TEACH IN
Sunday, February 11 at 3pm
Women's Building 3543 18th Street (at Valencia)...
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 12:41am PST