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Judge rips PG&E for poor safety record leading to wildfires

by AP Business Writer
| February 19, 2020 2:05 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge ripped into Pacific Gas & Electric on Wednesday, saying its executives have put greed before safety and telling officials from the utility blamed for catastrophic California wildfires to plan to add at least 1,100 more tree trimmers to cut the risk of even more blazes.

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