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Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time

Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time

For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.
New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters

New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters

SUZU, Japan (AP) — The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in central Japan did not spur massive tsunamis like those that scoured the Pacific coast in 2011, killing nearly 20,000 people and forcing tens of thousands of peop
Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?

Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy.
Proposed merger of New Mexico, Connecticut energy companies scuttled; deal valued at more than $4.3B

Proposed merger of New Mexico, Connecticut energy companies scuttled; deal valued at more than $4.3B

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility said Tuesday that a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola has been scuttled.
Taylor Swift's new romance, debt-erasing gifts and the eclipse are among most joyous moments of 2023

Taylor Swift's new romance, debt-erasing gifts and the eclipse are among most joyous moments of 2023

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Cold spell in Finland and Sweden sends temperature below minus 40

Cold spell in Finland and Sweden sends temperature below minus 40

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland and Sweden recorded their coldest temperatures of the winter Tuesday when thermometers plummeted as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit) as a cold spell grips the Nordic region.
Saskatchewan to stop collecting carbon levy from natural gas and electrical heat

Saskatchewan to stop collecting carbon levy from natural gas and electrical heat

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers.
'Unimaginable excess': Bid to attract showy superyachts to Cape Breton under scrutiny

'Unimaginable excess': Bid to attract showy superyachts to Cape Breton under scrutiny

HALIFAX — Not so long ago, the largest community in Cape Breton was best known as home to one of the most toxic waste sites in North America: the infamous Sydney tar ponds.
German chancellor tours flooded regions in the northwest, praises authorities and volunteers

German chancellor tours flooded regions in the northwest, praises authorities and volunteers

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a helicopter flight Sunday to check the flooded regions in the northwest of the country, where rivers have swelled and overflowed homes, roads and fields after weeks of heavy rain.
Canada's heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024

Canada's heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024

OTTAWA — Canada's price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter.
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