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(Dog owners, take heed.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday, KQED's Paul Lancour talked to Brent Plater, Executive Director of the Wild Equity Institute, one of the environmental groups that petitioned for the endangered species listing. 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But the endangered species protection will stay with that plant, even if other circumstances change. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, the habitat the plant is found, those places we know the plant needs to be reintroduced so we can have a fully functioning species again -- those come with the Endangered Species Act designation. None of them apply right now. Study after study has shown that the strongest suite of regulatory tools, which have made the most difference in keeping species from becoming extinct, are the protections of the ESA. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How are you going to propagate this plant? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily there are plants that were saved back in the 1940s by some pioneering and adventurous botanists and were kept in some botanical gardens in the Bay Area and beyond. The genetic lineage of those plants even today is well known. Fortunately for this manzanita, it is possible to find a mate and get this plant to seed again. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will happen concerning this proposal by Fishand Wildlife? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They'll take public comments both on the protection for the plant and also for what areas should be designated critical habitat. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_39555\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 256px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanbrunogeneSM.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-39555\" title=\"sanbrunogeneSM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanbrunogeneSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"267\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene O'Neil and family\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>September 9 will mark the one-year anniversary of the San Bruno pipeline explosion and subsequent fire in which eight people were killed and 38 homes destroyed. Leading up to the anniversary, KQED is interviewing survivors of the disaster. This is Part 4; \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/san-bruno-stories/\">click here\u003c/a> for Parts 1-3.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gene O'Neil has lived in San Bruno for over 30 years. His wife Kris and his twin 23-year-old daughters, Colleen and Mary, were at their house one block off Skyline when the explosion hit; he was on his way home from work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family's house was burned to the ground, \"chimney-only,\" O'Neil says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An edited transcript follows each audio clip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Audio: Gene O'Neil on what happened the day of the fire\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanbrunogene1.mp3|titles=sanbrunogene1]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Me and a buddy who lived in San Bruno were driving home from work. We were on the Bay Bridge stuck in traffic, and all of a sudden we see this explosion off in the distance. We both live in San Bruno, it's hard to judge from the bridge, but we both say, that could be our neighborhood. But we say, nah, because it's never your house, it's always somebody else's.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We turned on the radio and it said a plane had crashed on Skyline. I live one block off of Skyline. We immediately tried to call home and I couldn't reach anybody.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">My buddy got a call and said, 'it's your neighborhood.' I said man that's not funny. He said I'm not being funny; it's on Glenview...\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>My buddy got a call, and he said, 'it's your neighborhood.' I said man that's not funny. He said I'm not being funny; it's on Glenview, in that area where the gas station is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A while goes by, and finally my friend got a call saying my house is on fire, the kids and Kris were burned, but they're okay. We were stuck on the bridge for a while; we eventually got off and took all back roads trying to get to San Bruno. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We ended up going to a neighbor's house and my family was still there. They had waited; they were concerned that since I had just talked to them a few minutes before the blast, that I was going to have a heart attack when I saw what the hell happened to the house and the neighborhood. They wanted to wait and let me see that they're burned but alive. And then we all went to the emergency room together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My wife and kids had run from this tremendous ball of orange fire. They described it as you didn't have to look back to see it, it was over them, like being in a broiler. Even though flames never hit them directly, one of my daughters got third degree burns on her arm. My other daughter got second degree burns, part of my wife's hair caught on fire and her back was burned. But they heard the noise and ran outside and saw this fireball and ran for their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>They wanted to wait and let me see that they're burned but alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>My daughter was the first to see me when I got to a friend's house. I could see she was crying and in pain. The first thing she said was Buddy and Tony are dead. Our cats were 17 years old, they lived in our house for 16. They didn't make it out, they were sleeping in the loft, we think. The pain and the suffering on my daughter's face were just unbelievable; I see that face when I think of what's happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, they all said daddy, you were smiling. And I was, because I was so glad to see them. I know we lost our house because they said the house is totally gone. And I knew they'd just told me the greatest cats in the world were gone, but the most important things to me were standing right in front of me. They're burned and they're suffering, but man, there they are. Eight people died, and so many of our friends are still badly burned, still getting grafting. So when they say you had a smile, you bet your ass I did.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Audio: On the response from the community and from PG&E\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanbrunogene2.mp3|titles=sanbrunogene2]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The immediate community response was amazing. From the City of San Bruno, my goodness, you couldn't ask for more out of a city and county of a community. When we got out of the emergency room that night there were 16-18 people in the waiting room waiting for us, and the support we had...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially PG&E stepped up. The day after, they were giving out credit cards with $1000 on them. PG&E's approach when it first started, you had the president or the CEO say they are going to make people in San Bruno whole, they were sorry, they ran an ad.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">PG&E has no more intention of making people whole then they do of lowering your rates.\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>And you know what? That was a nice ad and a nice thing to say, but that's all it was. They have no more intention of making people whole then they do in lowering your rates. That's not in the plan right now. It's gone from making people whole to the last PG&E spokesman saying they're committed to doing what they could to help out. That's a far cry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What is happening is that people have to go through the insurance process before PG&E will deal with you. We're being run through the insurance mill. My wife is looking at 88 pages in small print of all the inventory, when did you buy it, how much is it worth now. And the insurance companies are not being kind to anyone in this tragedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E should step up and say, man, we're not running you through the insurance mill. They said they were going to make the people of San Bruno whole. They are not. They are not.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanbrunogene3.mp3\">\u003cstrong>Audio: On the aftermath for his family\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/sanbrunogene3.mp3|titles=sanbrunogene3]\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>My family is overwhelmed easily now. All of a sudden decisions are too heavy. The emotions start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a result of them being in the fire. Everything that they would depend on for comfort was gone, and this was the time they needed that. You needed that security blanket. And truly our cats were comforts, particularly to the kids. First thing they'd do is come home and grab one of the cats. Or lie down with the blanket from when they were little, or the feel-good movie you'd watch over and over again – all that stuff's gone.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: PG&E spokeswoman Brittany Chord responded to Gene O'Neil's statements about the company with the following: \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We can't go into specifics about any one customer, but we want to resolve the claims of all residents affected by this tragedy as quickly as possible. We have relationship managers for the residents who were impacted. Those relationship managers are available to help these residents in any way we can. We understand that residents are frustrated by this process, and we share that, and our goal is to find a resolution as quickly as possible.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Update: Gene O'Neil responds to PG&E's above statement this way\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Let me say that the relationship managers are available, polite and professional. However, they work with the tools and programs that PG&E provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If PG&E wanted \"to resolve the claims of all residents affected by this tragedy as quickly as possible\" they could. What's stopping them? They are running the victims through the insurance grind. List everything you owned, when you bought it, how much you paid, etc. Let the insurance companies do their thing of depreciating the items claimed, eliminate or reduce the amount of repairs; get that number as low as possible. 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"content": "\u003cp>This week as Fremont-based Solyndra sets about the grim business of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/08/31/fremonts-solyndra-solar-tech-firm-suspending-operations-filing-bankruptcy/\">filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy\u003c/a> (not to mention today's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/08/fbi-agents-search-solyndra/\">FBI search\u003c/a>), it leaves in its wake \u003ca href=\"http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2011/09/solar-fred-memo-after-solyndra-and-evergreen-were-still-here-yo\">ample confusion\u003c/a> over California’s much vaunted “lead” in renewable energy — so much so that last week a national solar industries association felt compelled to issue a statement reassuring us that Solargeddon was not at hand. (Cy Musiker’s i\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201108311730\">nterview\u003c/a> with Sev Borenstein of UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute provides some solid perspective on the Solyndra collapse).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_39534\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/solartech.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/09/solartech.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"solartech\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39534\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Hild with the new solar array at the Contra Costa County Office of Education. The panels were \"made in the USA\"-- but by a Chinese company. (Photo: Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It didn’t help that Solyndra had been the arc light of California’s renewable power surge. President Obama, Energy Secretary Steve Chu and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had all led media parades through the company’s Fremont manufacturing plant. The bankruptcy announcement came within hours after Chu finished extolling California’s \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/08/31/officials-call-for-federal-clean-energy-standards/\">leadership\u003c/a> at an energy “summit” in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently I climbed to the roof of the Contra Costa County Office of Education with John Hild, for an overview of a new 700-panel solar array that covers the agency’s parking lot in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hild, who manages facilities there, was impressed with the May electric bill, which had dropped to $19 from about $7,200 before the photovoltaic (PV) panels were hooked up. But Hild says it was tough to find American-made panels, something required by one of the incentive programs that CCCOE was tapping into to make the project affordable. In the end, they found some–but they were made in Arizona, not California, by the Chinese solar juggernaut SunTech. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time that Solyndra was burning through federal stimulus dollars to gain traction with a new panel technology, SunTech and others were cranking out standard-technology panels, bringing the price down dramatically — 30% in 2011 alone, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, when I interviewed SunTech founder and CEO Zhengrong Shi, he said he doesn’t see China and California in competition. “We still need to buy raw materials from all over the world,” Shi told me. He said facilities like SunTech’s Phoenix operation could provide the impetus for manufacturing hubs. “[Components] manufacturers can put their factories next to our factory,” Shi said. “I think that way [it will] make the whole industry grow much faster. Manufacturing costs will come down because all materials…will be produced locally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent report from SEIA touted the US as a net exporter of “solar energy products.” But the bulk of that is polysilicon, the basic feedstock for fabrication of PV panels, not the finished panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the SEIA report makes its case for a robust US-based industry, total investment in clean energy flows increasingly eastward. A parsing of the $243 Billion global investment pie by the Pew Charitable Trusts showed China leading all contenders in 2010 with $54.4 Billion (a 39% jump from 2009) $243 Billion. The US fell to third with $34 B (global investments in the solar sector were up by more than half).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, Shi may be right in his assertion that there’ll be plenty of room for everybody. 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