17 California counties to be hit with power outages
Pacific Gas & Electric began Wednesday to cut electricity to homes and businesses in more than a dozen areas as the California utility tries to avert wildfires.
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Climate change outpaces renewable boom
Nearly a third of the Earth's electricity will come from renewables by 2024, according to the International Energy Agency.
PG&E: More than 200,000 Californians may lose power this week
Less than two weeks after California's largest utility shut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers to help prevent a wildfire, it says it may leave parts of the state in the dark again.
Power almost fully restored in Northern Calif.
Power is back on for 99.5% of the Northern California customers left in the dark when Pacific Gas & Electric cut off electricity to prevent wildfires.
PG&E CEO apologizes: 'The buck stops with me'
Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Bill Johnson has issued a public mea culpa after a very bad week in which employees of California's largest utility have been cursed at and attacked, its vehicles fired upon and offices egged.
California governor says 'greed' to blame for power outage
An angry California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed the state's largest utility over its power shutoffs, saying they're the result of years of mismanagement and greed.
Coal demand to plunge to 42-year low
US power plants are expected to consume less coal next year than at any point since President Jimmy Carter was in office, according to government forecasts released on Tuesday.
California businesses race to save goods as power cut
The power outages that have affected much of Northern California this week have cost San Jose alone at least half a million dollars, the city said Thursday, giving one of the first cost estimates of the massive power shutoffs by utility Pacific Gas & Electric.
How life has changed in Northern California's power shutoff
California's biggest utility has cut power to hundreds of thousands of residents to prevent wildfires, catching some by surprise despite months of warnings.
PG&E extends power cuts in Northern California
In an attempt to avoid sparking a wildfire, California's largest utility intentionally cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers Wednesday, and power isn't likely to be restored for days, the company said.
World's largest offshore wind farm nearly complete
The world's largest offshore wind farm is taking shape off the east coast of Britain, a landmark project that demonstrates one way to combat climate change at scale.
Massive California power outages may begin early Wednesday
Two California utilities said they may cut power to more than 900,000 customers for days starting after midnight Wednesday morning because of dry winds that could down power lines and cause fires.
Self-flying kite harnesses wind energy
One company's self-flying energy kite may be the answer to increasing wind power around the world.
China struggling to kick coal habit despite Beijing's climate pledges
On the coal-rich plains of Inner Mongolia, thick white smoke curls from the huge chimney of a thermal coal power plant which the Chinese Communist Party had pledged to stop constructing two years ago.
The market has spoken: Coal is dying
President Donald Trump has gutted regulations on the coal industry, falsely claimed that windmills cause cancer and installed a former coal lobbyist to lead the EPA.
Fukushima trial ends in not guilty verdict
The only criminal prosecution stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has ended in not guilty verdicts, in a blow to families displaced by the meltdown, as the fallout promises to haunt northern Japan for decades to come.
China's gambling on a nuclear future
Panicked shoppers thronged supermarket aisles, grabbing bags of salt by the armful. They queued six deep outside wholesalers. Most went home with only one or two bags; the lucky ones managed to snag a five-year supply before stocks ran out.
Scientists raise ethics, security concerns about brain implants
Telepathy is a thing of sci-fi movies, not real-life interaction. Right?
DOJ: FEMA official took bribes for Hurricane Maria recovery work
Federal prosecutors charged one of the top FEMA officials to respond to Puerto Rico after the hurricane there in 2017 with conspiracy to commit bribery and disaster fraud after she allegedly took gifts and favors from and steered recovery work toward a contractor on the island.
China's data centers emit as much carbon as 21 million cars
China's data centers produced 99 million metric tons of carbon dioxide last year, the equivalent of about 21 million cars on the road, according to a new report.
'Grand Bahama is dead': Firsthand look at Dorian destruction
It's been almost a week since Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas, but the deadly hurricane continues to haunt those of us who rode out the storm here.
Miners union leader: 'Coal's not back. Nobody saved the coal industry'
The president of United Mine Workers of America said Wednesday that the coal industry is not
Administration flips switch on light bulb regulations
Federal regulators are lifting energy efficiency regulations for several common types of light bulbs, which critics believe is the administration's latest assault on efforts to combat climate change and energy use.
Blood donations in Nigeria aided by Google maps
Joseph Kalu makes his way on his motorbike past the frustrated motorists blaring their car horns in the heavy traffic in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial nerve center.
