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- Planning for Climate Blackouts Wed, 21 Feb 24, 9:00amVague warnings are not good enough. It is time for all levels of Government to plan for blackouts.
- Was the power grid in Puerto Rico built to fail? Fri, 23 Sep 22, 5:30amThe residents of Puerto Rico have found themselves engulfed in darkness after power supply systems were destroyed by Hurricane Fiona. The Category 4 hurricane has caused 3.1 million residents left in darkness. By Wednesday,...
- Texas dodged a bullet: Would you like explosions with your blackouts? Mon, 22 Feb 21, 9:26pmHouston Texas, Feb 2021. Image by Fish & Trips Texas toyed with cascading crises The Green Experiment could have gone so much worse. Here’s a man who was a gas industry executive involved in a near miss in New England...
- Texas: day four without power and water for some, fishtanks freeze, pipes burst, “worse than Africa” Fri, 19 Feb 21, 4:14amEven if the Texas situation resolves tomorrow the anger will burn for months A few hours ago, about one quarter of Texas still didn’t have power...
- Unexpected UK EarthHour at peak time Friday — just after Wind Power hits new high? Sun, 11 Aug 19, 4:20amFragile grids Over a million people lost power in the UK yesterday thanks to the sudden outage of a gas and a wind plant. Some of the countries biggest railway stations were inoperable. Passengers were stuck on trains for...
- Are You Ready for the Blackout Epidemic Coming Our Way? Sat, 22 Nov 14, 1:55amA new study shows extreme weather events and increasing usage of unconventional fossil fuels will leave national energy grids unable to keep up with increasing demands for energy, Motherboard reports...
- State of Emergency Declared in San Francisco as Wildfire Threatens Power, Water Mon, 26 Aug 13, 11:15pmAs the 200 square mile 'Rim Fire' continues to grow across Northern California and into Yosemite National Park, Governor Jerry Brown has taken the unusual step of declaring a State of Emergency for the City and County of...
- State of Emergency Declared in San Francisco as Wildfire Threatens Public Utilities Mon, 26 Aug 13, 1:26amAs the 200 square mile 'Rim Fire' continues to grow across Northern California and into Yosemite National Park, Governor Jerry Brown has taken the unusual step of declaring a State of Emergency for the City and County of...
- 350 Million People in India Lose Power Due to Scorching Summer Weather Tue, 31 Jul 12, 3:40amIndia suffered one of its worst blackouts in a decade this Monday morning when high demand for electricity cut off power to seven northern states and over 360 million people. India’s electricity demand during the...
- Wikipedia, Reddit Blackouts Successful – 24 Senators Retract Support for SOPA/PIPA Bills Fri, 20 Jan 12, 10:00amThough the Motion Picture Association of America called yesterday’s protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) an “irresponsible” publicity “stunt”, the numbers...
- Obama Sets Aside $3.4 billion Stimulus to Jump Start “Power Grid 2.0″ in US Tue, 23 Feb 10, 3:15amYou may already know this, but our power grid system has been largely left alone for half a century. We’re using inefficient grid technology to try to thread power across our country and in the process are losing precious...