Xcel Energy’s huge solar and energy-storage facility in Becker, Minnesota, is getting closer to completion — and it’s set to start pumping out power this fall, Canary Media reported. Like many exciting energy projects that have recently been finished or are in development, the Sherco facility is being built on the former site of a […]
An aerial view shows high voltage power lines on May 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Twenty-one states are joining a push by President Joe Biden’s administration to modernize the nation’s aging electric grid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing mix of power generation and severe weather. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty […]
Michael Brennan spent more than a decade helping prepare forecasts and warning messages at the National Hurricane Center before being named its director just before hurricane season in 2023. The role puts him firmly on the frontlines of communicating storm hazards to the public. With this summer expected to bring more storms than normal, getting […]
An aerial view shows high voltage power lines on May 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Twenty-one states are joining a push by President Joe Biden’s administration to modernize the nation’s aging electric grid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing mix of power generation and severe weather. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty […]
Venezuela’s election authorities on Tuesday revoked an invitation to a European Union (EU) mission to observe the country’s upcoming presidential election, in which president Nicolas Maduro is seeking reelection. National Electoral Council head Elvis Amoroso cited economic sanctions imposed by the EU as the reason for withdrawing the invitation. The EU had not yet accepted […]
(Bloomberg) — European Union member states are growing increasingly exasperated by Hungary’s stonewalling of more than €6.5 billion ($7.1 billion) of urgently needed military aid for Ukraine as its military struggles to fend off Russian assaults. Most Read from Bloomberg Budapest’s intransigence is prompting discussions among diplomats about how the EU fund could be shielded […]
BEIRUT (AP) — International donors meeting in Brussels said Monday they will commit 7.5 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in both grants and loans to support Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger for the rest of this year and beyond. The pledges surpassed the modest $4.07 billion that the United Nations had appealed for, but […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto are using the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years to call on economies around the globe to take action to reduce the enormous debt burden crushing Kenya and other developing nations. The call to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto are using the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years to call on economies around the globe to take action to reduce the enormous debt burden crushing Kenya and other developing nations. The call to […]
Leaders around the Baltic Sea have reacted warily to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region, with Lithuania’s foreign minister calling it an “obvious escalation” that must be met with an “appropriately firm response”. In a draft proposal reported by some Russian media, Russia’s Defence Ministry suggests updating […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Leaders around the Baltic Sea reacted warily Wednesday to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region, with Lithuania’s foreign minister calling it an “obvious escalation” that must be met with an “appropriately firm response.” In a draft proposal reported by some Russian media, Russia’s […]
Several leaders in Asia and Europe offered their support and prayers to Iran as the country continues rescue operations for a helicopter that crashed while carrying Iranian President Embrahim Raisi on Sunday. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province on his way back from a ceremony to open a dam at Iran’s border with […]