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A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, disabling their capitals

8:26am April 28, 2025

Subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights, ATM machines and more were knocked offline in the two countries and parts of France around midday Monday.

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Trump backs off of Canada tariff hike as Ontario lets up on electricity threat

11:51am March 11, 2025

President Trump tussled with Canada over tariffs on Tuesday as hikes against steel and aluminum imports are set to take effect.

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Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

1:53am February 06, 2025

The severing of electricity ties to Russia is rich in geopolitical significance. Work on it sped up after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

Syria's new government is trying to rebuild. First it must keep the lights on

4:58pm January 28, 2025

by Emily Feng

Syria's new de facto government faces a host of challenges. One of its most pressing is also one of its most basic: keeping the lights on.

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AI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to climate change

11:22am July 12, 2024

by Dara Kerr

The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

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A giant truck hauls coal at a mine in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming

Biden ending new leases in America's top coal region

4:20pm May 16, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's top producing region.

Vehicles drive past a sign on the 110 Freeway warning of extreme heat and urging energy conservation during a heat wave in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 2. Soaring electricity bills are pinching many household budgets across the country even as gasoline prices have come down.

Soaring electricity bills are the latest inflation flashpoint

9:21am September 13, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Inflation eased slightly in August thanks to falling gasoline prices, but the cost of many essentials continues to climb, including soaring power bills that are straining family budgets.

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The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power plant at the edge of the Pacific ocean in San Luis Obispo, Calif., as seen on March 31, 2015.

National

California lawmakers extend the life of the state's last nuclear power plant

6:30am September 01, 2022

by Nathan Rott

Citing climate change and the need to cut carbon emissions, California is extending the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Traffic on a hazy evening in Fresno, Calif. A new study estimates that about 50,000 lives could be saved each year if the U.S. eliminated small particles of pollution that are released from the tailpipes of cars and trucks, among other sources.

Health & Safety

Eliminating fossil fuel air pollution would save about 50,000 lives, study finds

5:15pm May 17, 2022

by Rebecca Hersher

Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

A man uses his smartphone flashlight to light up his bowl of noodles as he eats breakfast at a restaurant during a blackout in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province, Wednesday. People ate breakfast by flashlight and shopkeepers used portable

Why China has to ration electricity and how that could affect everyone

3:26pm October 01, 2021

by Emily Feng

China has more than enough capacity to generate energy. Here's why it is having to ration power, causing effects for consumers and supply chains around the world.

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