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California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric -and what it means for America's Power GridIn this episode of Cool Science Radio John and Lynn welcome Pulitzer Prize finalist Katherine Blunt . She has written California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric -and what it means for America's Power Grid. Katherine is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 2018 and has written about utilities and renewable energy. Her coverage of PG&E, reported in close collaboration with two colleagues, was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and earned a Gerald Loeb award, the highest honor in business journalism. The series also won the 2019 Thomas L. Stokes Award for energy and environmental writing, as well as a silver Barlett & Steele award through the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.
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Today on Cool Science Radio hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek’s guests include:(0:56) Michael Kim, Chief Information Officer at a company called MultiPlan that develops artificial intelligence that uses machine learning to lower healthcare costs by reducing out-of-network claims and cost burdens.Then Pulitzer Prize finalist (26:00) Katherine Blunt who has written California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric -and what it means for America's Power Grid. In the book she adresses Pacific Gas & Electric’s Infrastructure failure and the connection to California fires.