NASA’s InSight spacecraft is not quite dead yet. But InSight, a stationary robotic probe on Mars, has been steadily growing weaker as dust accumulates on its solar panels. Mission managers predict that by late summer it will not have enough energy to continue operating its instruments and that by the end of the year it …
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A light wind laden with the scent of the sea softened the stifling heat: The temperature had reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, and it was only 10 a.m. Salma’s house was at the end of the main road in Punta Chueca, a small town on the mainland coast of the Sea of Cortez, also known as …
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WASHINGTON – Taking action to protect ocean wildlife and U.S. coasts, the Biden administration on Wednesday ditched plans for three offshore oil and gas lease sales. Two of the canceled tracts scheduled for sale were in the Gulf of Mexico; one was planned for Cook Inlet in Alaska. The administration pointed to a lack of …
ATLANTA – The only nuclear reactors under construction in the United States are now projected to cost more than $30 billion — and the price tag for Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Georgia, doesn’t even include $3.68 billion that the project’s original contractor paid to the owners after going bankrupt. The $34 billion total is $20 …
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As Puerto Rico reeled from its worst power outage in months, one that left virtually all of the island’s 1.5 million customers without electricity for days, the town of Adjuntas was an oasis. On a Thursday morning in early April, with school closed, children filled seats in an air-conditioned cinema at a community center, a …
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Mientras Puerto Rico seguía aturdido tras su peor apagón en meses, uno que dejó a prácticamente todo el millón y medio de clientes de la isla sin electricidad durante días, el pueblo de Adjuntas fue un oasis. Un jueves por la mañana de principios de abril, con las escuelas cerradas, los niños llenaban las butacas …
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Sacramento, Calif.— As California seeks to secure a 100% renewable electricity grid to address the climate crisis, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has released their initial Offshore Wind report with goals of 3,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and 10,000 to 15,000 MW by 2045 with a potential of 20,000 MW by 2050, …
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Torrid heat, raging wildfires and prolonged drought are putting California residents at increased risk of power outages, officials said Friday, as extreme weather driven by climate change puts additional stress on the state’s already-taxed energy grid. Officials said in an online briefing that they were preparing for a scenario in 2022 that would see California …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in continued efforts to promote rapid and widespread transportation electrification, today approved three vehicle-grid integration (VGI) pilot programs for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly prevalent in California, it is critical that they charge at times and locations that do not unduly stress …
In Oregon, for example, electric rates fell almost 1.5 percent in January and less than 1 percent in February, though some companies like Portland General Electric did raise rates modestly. Even so, rates at that utility remain well below the national average. The utility, the largest in the state, gets about 20 percent of its …
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