Aerial views showed protesters breaking through police lines and being met with pepper spray, as.

1. ENACT A MORATORIUM ON ALL TREE CUTTING AND TREE REMOVAL. In the meantime host a Community Meeting with PG&E! 2. UNDERGROUND all electrical wiring, including the high voltage wires that go through Orinda. We have been paying into this for over 50 years, but PG&E has not used the money for the work, instead it has pocketed the money and paid. PG&E and our tree contractors do not have the authority to remove wood because the trees on your land are your property.

As a courtesy, tree crews cut larger limbs into more manageable lengths and leave wood on-site for customer use. Save the American River Association and Trees for Sacramento call on PG&E and the County of Sacramento to halt PG&E tree removals in the American River Parkway, As part of vegetation clearance along and adjacent to its power line easements, PG&E has been removing many healthy, mature trees.

Oct 13, Protesters guarded some trees marked for removal by Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday by climbing the trees and sitting in them. PG&E said it needs to remove these trees. We inspect approximatelymiles of our transmission and distribution power lines each year, with some locations patrolled multiple times a year. We also prune or remove approximately 1 million trees annually to help keep trees and vegetation away from power lines.

This important work helps us maintain required safety clearances, enhance the safety and reliability of our electric system, and reduce the risk of wildfires and tree.

Sep 23, Residents hoping to stop PG&E’s plan to cut more than trees in Nevada City got a temporary win on Tuesday. Nevada County Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderson ordered the city to withdraw encroachment permits issued to PG&E and its contractors, and to halt all current cutting within city boundaries, including on private bushfelling.bar: John Orona.

Oct 13, KCRA 3 Joy Knight sits on a branch of a Ponderosa tree in Nevada City on Gardenaire fallen apple shrub 55904, Oct.

12,that is marked for removal by PG&E. Knight is protesting the removal of the tree Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins.