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Business
Why Are Energy Prices So High? Some Experts Blame Deregulation.
California and the 34 other states that have deregulated all or parts of their electricity system tend to have higher…
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World
Is a Dam in Rural Portugal a Key to Our Alternative Energy Future?
Is a Dam in Rural Portugal a Key to Our Alternative Energy Future? When the Portuguese electric power grid needs…
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World
Ukraine gives an optimistic update on its power grid, but concern grows about coming holidays.
Ukrainian officials are optimistic that rolling power outages will not be necessary around the New Year holidays as crews work…
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World
Storm Batters Canada, Leaving Thousands Without Power
Every province and territory in Canada issued an emergency weather warning on Saturday, as winter storms left thousands without power,…
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News
Could Fusion Arrive in Time to Solve Climate Change?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Wednesdays. When researchers…
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With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters
A pattern is emerging for liberal dissenters on the Supreme Court. Having lost a case, the justices — Elena Kagan…
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World
A battered Kyiv has power for only about a fifth of residents.
Repeated Russian bombardments of energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv have left the Ukrainian capital with only enough power for…
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World
An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars
Several new studies document the current court’s distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices’ willingness to use procedural shortcuts…
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World
Ukrainians Focus on Resilience a Day After Major Russian Strikes
The mayor of Kyiv said that water was back on and that the city’s subway service had resumed. President Volodymyr…
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Business
Betting on Fusion Energy Shows Our Children We Care About Them
On Dec. 5, 192 lasers at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California fired a…