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Tag Archives: NTSB
NTSB Releases Final San Bruno Report, Video
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The NTSB has released its final, 140-page report on the San Bruno disaster (pdf) of a year ago. Here is the Executive Summary, Investigation Synopsis, and 28 Findings, which were released last month at a scathing hearing on the causes … Continue reading
Video: NTSB Chairwoman, in San Bruno, Addresses PG&E Delay in Reporting Previous Leak
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Yesterday, NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman visited the site of the San Bruno gas pipeline blast. Congresswoman Jackie Speier, introducing Hersman, called the area an "open wound." Hersman revealed yesterday that PG&E had waited until only recently to inform the NTSB … Continue reading
NTSB Chair Says PG&E Reported 1988 San Bruno Pipeline Leak Just Recently
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From AP: SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) Nearly nine months after federal investigators began probing a deadly pipeline explosion near San Francisco, a California utility quietly revealed its ruptured line had sprung a leak in a nearby spot years before, a … Continue reading
Post-Mortem on NTSB's San Bruno Hearings: Drumbeat of Damaging News for PG&E
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I know it's a little late, but I just wanted to do one last wrap-up about the NTSB's San Bruno hearings last week. Because even though I like my investor-owned regulated monopolies as much as the next guy, and I'm … Continue reading
Morning Splash: PG&E Called 'Wrong-Headed' on Safety; SF Cops Accused; Anthem Rate Hikes
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San Bruno blast: Watchdog criticizes PG&E spikings (SF Chronicle) A top gas-safety regulator for California called Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s practice of intentionally spiking the pressure on older urban gas pipelines "a wrong-headed approach to safety" on Wednesday, and … Continue reading
Live Video: NTSB Hearing on San Bruno Pipeline Explosion
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The final day of the NTSB hearings on the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion is in session. Full hearing agenda Opening statement and PowerPoint presentation by investigator-in-charge Raw video: San Bruno on fire (KTVU) WATCH THE HEARING LIVE
"Duration of Fire" Called Inconsquential in PG&E Memo Rejecting Shut-Off Valves
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The National Transportation Safety Board began three days of hearings yesterday on last September's natural gas pipeline disaster in San Bruno. Highlights of the first day's testimony center on PG&E's admission that after a 2006 review of automatic and remotely … Continue reading
Morning Splash: Hearing Reveals PG&E San Bruno Chaos; Harris Weighs in For Same-Sex Marriage
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Confusion and chaos at PG&E on night of San Bruno explosion (Bay Area News Group) …On Tuesday, nearly six months after the tragedy, federal investigators released thousands of pages of documents that provide the first public look behind the scenes … Continue reading
Morning Splash: NTSB Chair Rips PG&E, State Parks on Chopping Block
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San Bruno fire: NTSB chair rips PG&E's records (SF Chronicle) Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s record-keeping blunders leading up to the San Bruno natural-gas explosion indicate the need for "a new perspective on safety culture" throughout the industry, the chairwoman … Continue reading
NTSB Says Burst San Bruno Pipe Had Faulty Welds
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KQED's radio report: From the San Jose Mercury News: A federal report issued Friday said the natural gas pipe that ruptured in San Bruno on Sept. 9, killing eight people and destroying 38 homes, had numerous flawed welds, and some … Continue reading
