If you punch in “outage map” in a search engine, you will get a series of maps, ranging from the entire country to state by state and even smaller jurisdictions. These maps show electrical outages across the United States and territories, and they are within 10 minutes of actual time. The data come from the
Photo: A vehicle moves near a solar farm Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Mona, Utah After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural disasters and sustained global warming, Congress hopes to make clean energy so cheap in all aspects of life that it’s nearly irresistible. The House is poised to pass a transformative
I’ve been here before. I’ve heard this din at another time. I’m writing about the cacophony of opinions about global warming and climate change. In the winter of 1973, the Arab oil embargo unleashed a global energy crisis. Times were grim. The predictions were grimmer: We’d never again lead the lives we had led —
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has a huge fundraising lead over potential challengers to his 2022 re-election bid, but analysts say that’s still no guarantee in a campaign where both parties are fighting to take control of an evenly divided Senate. Kelly, a Democrat, reported raising $10.4 million in the first six months of this year,
Republican Jim Lamon announced the launch of his campaign for U.S. Senate. Lamon is the first major Republican contender to announce a campaign to retake the Senate seat occupied by freshman Democrat Mark Kelly. A Fortune 500 executive with more than 30 years’ experience in engineering and construction of large-scale fossil fuel and solar power
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