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PG&E Executive Resigns in Wake of Calif. Pipeline Blast

SAN FRANCISCO -- Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s top executive is stepping down with a $35 million retirement package following a "challenging year" that included a gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb that killed eight and destroyed 38 homes, the company announced Thursday. Chairman, chief executive and...

Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Natural Gas Explosion Aftermath [VIDEO]

Early this morning residents of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, were told to evacuate their homes after one of the village's natural gas lines malfunctioned and began leaking gas into buildings. The tiny Lake Erie shore town, which has a population of 3,000, also closed schools and businesses. One building explosion and at least...

Feds Faulted PG&E for Shoddy Work in Earlier Blast

(Sept. 10) -- Shoddy repair work and a nearly three-hour delay in getting experienced workers to the scene caused a fatal 2008 residential explosion in a neighborhood served by giant utility Pacific Gas & Electric, according to a federal report released earlier this year. Justin Sullivan, AP PG&E admitted in December...

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06/03/12 Hundreds of people in Norwich report âgas cloud'... Source: BBC Norfolk More than 300 people in and around Norwich reported a smell of gas last night (Saturday), sparking concern that a mysterious 'gas cloud' had drifted over the city.
06/02/12 Janitor tried to blow up school: Cops Source: Canoe Students at St. Joseph's College came close to having an explosive end to their school year.
06/02/12 Union criticizes Honeywell after latest leak Source: The Southern Illinoisan - Carbondale IL A gas leak Wednesday at Honeywell Specialty Materials in Metropolis, the second within a month, was the result of plant management's insistence on using inexperienced, salaried employees for jobs that should be done by laborers, the local union president says.
06/02/12 Eight miles left to go on Pines natural gas line Source: The Daily Times - Salisbury MD Natural gas continues to make its way toward Ocean Pines.
06/02/12 Guardair Corporation Introduces the Personnel Cleaning... Source: PRWeb Chicopee, MA (PRWEB) June 02, 2012 Guardair Corporation announces a new, safe-to-operate vacuum designed to clean dust, powders, and debris off workers' clothing thereby eliminating the dangerous practice of self-cleaning with compressed air.