Cspan. Next Senate Energy hearing on impact of wildfires on the electric grid. Lawmakers are looking at wildfire mitigation technology. Power management and system reliability. Were here to discuss wildfire and grids. In recent years, devastating and related electricity blackouts in california have drawn national maintaining grid resiliency in the face of stream conditions. Tragically we remember last years camp fire. Deadliest and destructive fire in california history which killed 85 people. The fire was caused about power linesyearold during so called fire weather. Winds, lowstrong humidity and heat. The camp fire was a sobering call on the risk of maintaining thousands of miles linesve ground power across fire prone landscapes. Regulatorscalifornia reekier to increase use of Public Safety or power shut off as a precaution to get possible wildfire ignition during high winds. Intended as a measure of last plans called for utilities to deenergize power lines in extreme weather conditi
Includes author interviews with Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg on her book, my own words. The heartbeat of wounded knee. Sharon robinson talks about her book, child of the dream. Rick atkinson author of the british are coming and Thomas Malone founding director of the mit center for collective intelligence discusses his book, super mines. The National Book festival Live Saturday august 31 at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on the tv on cspan2. In a short time ago President Trump sent out several tweets about china, the chinese ebony announced in response to u. S. Tariff hikes on chinese goods. China will impose additional tariffs on u. S. Goods worth about 75 billion starting september 1. Resident trump tweening our country has lost stupidly trillions of dollars for china over many years. They have stolen our intellectual property and rate of hundreds of billions of dollars a year and want to continue. I wont let that happen. We dont need china and frankly would be far better off without them. Vast a
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