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November 25, 2024
The United States is projected to reach or surpass the previous year’s record of 164 significant cyber and physical attacks on the power grid. | Photo by Karl B DeBlaker/AP The head of Maryland’s main utility regulatory agency was reading the news on a morning in February when he was taken aback by a headline:
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The construction of a border wall resulted in significant harm and devastation to cultural sites belonging to Native communities. This included damaging sections of Monument Hill in Arizona and completely destroying a burial site near a sacred spring in the Sonoran Desert, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). a report by
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In the summer of 2021, the lake reached its lowest level ever, leading to increased focus from Utah’s Republican-controlled Legislature. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Associated Press 09/06/2023 08:01 PM EDT A group of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, stating that Utah officials are responsible for the near collapse of the Great Salt
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In this photo with no specified date, a plane can be seen flying above caribou in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge located in northeast Alaska. The photo was taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and shared by AP Photo. By Ben Lefebvre 09/06/2023 02:30 PM EDT Updated: 09/06/2023 05:24
READ MORELast month, Bobbie Boyd was seen in Fayetteville, Arkansas sitting in her apartment with her grandson, 3-year-old DeAngelo Boyd. The apartment only had one air conditioning unit. According to an analysis by E&E News, over 30 million low-income households who qualify for federal aid to help with air conditioning expenses have not received any funds
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On January 25, 2022, individuals were seen walking on a flooded road in Chikwawa, Malawi, as captured in a photo by AP. By Associated Press 09/03/2023 06:41 AM EDT In Nairobi, Kenya, many people rely on daily weather forecasts without thinking twice. However, in Africa where there are 1.3 billion people living, most do not
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Illustration by Claudine Hellmuth for POLITICO, power lines by Andrew Martin from Pixabay, thermometer by Lindsey White from Pixabay, sun flare by PublicDomainPictures.net. By Jason Plautz 09/02/2023 07:00 AM EDT The regulators in charge of the American power system expressed concern about the state of the electricity grid as summer approached, cautioning that high temperatures
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North Carolina is no stranger to thunderstorms, in fact, the state has one of the highest number of lightning strike deaths in the country. According to the National Weather Service, North Carolina ranks third in the United States for most lightning deaths between 1959 and 2017. Participating in high school sports could put people at
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NickStevensHSOT retweeted HighSchoolOT’s post: This week, 24 former high school baseball players from North Carolina were selected in the MLB Draft. Learn more about them by checking out our updates.— Wed 1:27 p.m. JoelBryantHSOT retweeted CoachTRay_: Red Springs High School is seeking an assistant football coach. We also have vacancies in EC, Alternative Teaching, and
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Summertime in North Carolina means high temperatures, and when you mix in the humidity, the heat can become dangerous for athletes participating in sports practices and contests. Understanding how to stay safe in the heat while playing sports means looking at more than just the temperature. Things like the dew point and wet bulb globe
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