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Climate change has increased the destructive force of natural disasters, knocking down power lines and leaving thousands in the dark. You don’t realize how much of your life depends upon a steady electricity stream until authorities say it may be weeks until service returns.

Here’s how natural disasters impact our energy security, what we can do about it and what hurdles we must first overcome. ...

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Analysis: Trying to reverse climate change after the fact won’t work--research paper

Thu, 2024-10-24 12:04 — mike kraft

Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn “Climate change comes with irreversible consequences.” Justine Calma The Verge

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16 U.S. Rural Electric Cooperatives Will receive $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity

Fri, 2024-09-20 10:56 — mike kraft

16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Their Members - CleanTechnica The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan RMI CleanTechnica

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U.S. Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical grid. What would happen if they succeed?

Tue, 2024-09-10 18:53 — mike kraft

Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical grid. What would happen if they succeed? Political extremists have attempted a number of attacks on electrical infrastructure and substations in recent years, with a goal of sowing chaos and civil conflict. The plots have repeatedly… aneklason The Hill

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U.S. Transportation Department is making $800 Million in Funding available to Reduce Climate Pollution and from Transportation and Encourage Cleaner Construction Materials

Fri, 2024-08-30 10:48 — mike kraft

FHWA Opens Applications for $800 Million in Funding to Reduce Climate Pollution from Transportation, Encourage Cleaner Construction Materials - CleanTechnica Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!

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Federal funding will help an Ohio city shut down a very old power plant in favor of something cleaner.

Thu, 2024-07-25 11:41 — mike kraft

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In Northeast Ohio, Hello to Solar and Storage; Goodbye to Coal - Inside Climate News IRA funding will help a city shut down a very old power plant in favor of something cleaner. Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

A coal-fired power plant that started running more than a century ago is about to get a long-overdue retirement, and its electricity will be replaced by a solar farm and a battery storage system on an existing brownfield.

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South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law

Tue, 2024-07-23 11:26 — mike kraft

South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. Nellie Peyton Reuters

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Climate change: 123 members of House and Senate, all Republicans, deny it is affected by human activity--study

Fri, 2024-07-19 19:24 — mike kraft

123 House and Senate Republicans deny climate science: Analysis A total of 123 members of the House and Senate deny the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of human activity, according to an analysis from the liberal Center for Ame… rfrazin The Hill

A total of 123 members of the House and Senate deny the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of human activity, according to an analysis from the liberal Center for American Progress.

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Analysis: The U.S. power grid can’t take the heat — can cooler heads in DC fix the problem?

Fri, 2024-07-19 17:48 — mike kraft

Our power grid can’t take the heat — can cooler heads in DC fix the problem? Amid all the horrors of last week’s assassination attempt against former President Trump is a dangerous ongoing heat wave that is engulfing the nation, making temperatures — and tempers — soar. … ckulat The Hill

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The question is, will we lose electricity in the days and years ahead at a faster and more dangerous rate due to factors like climate change? And what can be done about it?

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