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Luma Energy headquarters is seen as Puerto Ricans were without electricity early on New Year's Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power, in San Juan, Puerto Rico December 31, 2024.  REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
ElectricityNewsTransmissionUtilities

Puerto Rico’s power grid collapses; could take two days to restore service

Puerto Rico woke up in darkness on Tuesday morning after a power grid failure left nearly all of the island without electricity.

People rest at Dolores Park during a heat wave as temperatures climb to over 80 Fahrenheit (26.7 degrees Celsius), in San Francisco, California, U.S., July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Emily Steinberger
ClimateNewsWeather

Fourth of July scorcher set for a quarter of the United States

Some 110 million people in 21 states will spend their holiday under heat-related advisories and warnings.

FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
EconomyElectric Vehicles (EVs)NewsPoliticsSolarTrade

Yellen says Biden’s China tariffs are strategic, Trump’s would raise costs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday defended President Joe Biden's increased tariffs on certain Chinese goods as highly strategic but said Republican...

A homeless person refresh himself from water from a pipe line as temperatures are expected to soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) during the summer's first heat wave, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
ClimateNewsWeather

US Southwest swelters under extreme temperatures as heat dome persists

Forecasters say it was difficult to link the record-breaking heat experienced by the U.S. Southwest in recent years to human-induced climate change, but...

BiodiversityEnvironmentNewsPoliticsResiliency

Biden restores endangered species protections rolled back by Trump

The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rolled back under former President Donald Trump, giving the federal...

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