Climate Changed
Bernie Sanders Blasts Embattled Utility PG&E Before California Primary
- New ad uses bankrupt PG&E to argue for Sanders’ Green New Deal
- Sanders has already slammed PG&E as “corporate greed” emblem
A home burns during the Camp Fire in Magalia, California, on Nov. 9, 2018.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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PG&E Corp., the California utility that’s still struggling to emerge from bankruptcy court, is being dragged into another brutal arena -- the presidential campaign.
A new ad from Senator Bernie Sanders blasts the power company for repeatedly sparking deadly wildfires, and uses the devastation to argue for his version of a Green New Deal. It signals that the contender for the Democratic presidential nomination sees PG&E as a useful foil as California gears up for its March 3 primary vote.