Suburbs

PG&E Proposes Smart Meter Option for Concerned Customers

As a hard-core group of concerned consumers from the San Francisco Bay Area suburbs continues to allege health hazards from smart meters, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) last Thursday proposed a radio wave-free option for customers who are convinced that radio frequencies produced in the meters cause serious health problems. PG&E proposes to simply turn off the radios in the smart meters for customers requesting it.

March 29, 2011

Calgary’s Quandary: Sour (Poisonous) Gas Production vs. Expanding Suburbs

After shutting in 2% of natural gas production and reserves to conserve underground pressure in its oilsands, Canada’s chief producing province has embarked on a test case as to whether it can keep open a far larger, mainstay source of natural gas.

August 18, 2003

Calgary’s Quandary: Sour (Poisonous) Gas Production vs. Expanding Suburbs

After shutting in 2% of natural gas production and reserves to conserve underground pressure in its oilsands, Canada’s chief producing province has embarked on a test case as to whether it can keep open a far larger, mainstay source of natural gas.

August 18, 2003