Power
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US
‘This Storm Has Broken People’: After Beryl, Some Consider Leaving
Devastating, back-to-back power outages have led some in Houston to consider whether they want to stay in the city they…
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US
Rising Frustration in Houston After Millions Lost Power in Storm
With outages expected to last days, a top state official promised to look into whether the utility company could have…
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US
Beryl Rips Through Houston, Killing 4 and Knocking Out Power for Millions
Officials warned that it could take days to restore electricity. The storm has prompted tornado warnings in East Texas, Louisiana…
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Finance
How Future Hurricanes Could Stress Power Grids of U.S. Cities
A new analysis shows increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes could cause more devastating interruptions to the power grid.
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News
There’s a Reason Trump Has Friends in High Places
Among the features that distinguish capitalist society from its predecessors, the political theorist Ellen Meiksins Wood once observed, is “the…
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World
As Ukraine’s Summer Starts With Blackouts, Worries Over Winter Begin
Recent rolling power outages have raised alarm about what will happen when cold weather arrives and energy consumption goes even…
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Finance
Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow
In February, the United States did something that it had not done in many years — the country sent more…
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World
How Michael Rainey Jr. of ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Spends His Sundays
Mr. Rainey starts his day with tea, and then it’s time for fancy cars, making beats and Call of Duty…
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News
Electricity Demand Is Surging. Let’s Not Fry the Planet in Response.
Electric utilities from Georgia to Wisconsin to Virginia are predicting a dizzying surge in power demand from new industrial facilities,…
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Arts
In ‘Power,’ Policing and Politics Are Inextricable
Though Yance Ford’s new Netflix documentary takes on a much-explored topic, its mix of personal and polemic makes for a…