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Wind and sunshine could power most of the United States by 2030 without raising electricity prices, according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado, Boulder.
It's 2030. The risk of raging wildfires has intensified since the largest utility in California made history a decade earlier by triggering blackouts. Higher temperatures bake the arid West, and drier winds threaten to turn sparks into roaring infernos. We asked experts how electric utilities might adapt.
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Historians have long debated what led to the Neo-Assyrian Empire's rapid expansion and ultimate downfall. While politics and economics played a role, scientists now point to another possible factor: climate change.
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It's 2030. The risk of raging wildfires has intensified since the largest utility in California made history a decade earlier by triggering blackouts. Higher temperatures bake the arid West, and drier winds threaten to turn sparks into roaring infernos. We asked experts how electric utilities might adapt.
By Anne C. Mulkern in Climatewire
Historians have long debated what led to the Neo-Assyrian Empire's rapid expansion and ultimate downfall. While politics and economics played a role, scientists now point to another possible factor: climate change.
By Chelsea Harvey in Climatewire