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Reducing Alaska’s Prison Population as a Climate Strategy
In Alaska, a novel approach to climate strategy is gaining traction: reducing the prison population. Advocates argue that addressing the high incarceration rates can play…
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Earth Experiences Warmest January on Record
In an alarming sign of the growing impacts of climate change, recent reports reveal that Earth experienced its warmest January on record in 2025. The…
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RWE Expands Its Footprint with 450 MW of Battery Energy Storage in Texas
In a significant move for the renewable energy landscape, RWE, a leading global energy company, has announced the addition of 450 megawatts (MW) of battery…
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FERC Order 1920: A Balancing Act for State and Federal Power in Transmission Planning
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 1920 has been a topic of debate in the energy industry. The order grants states more authority over…
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Global Warming's Heat Threatens Youth
Global warming is not only a distant concern for the future but a pressing reality today, especially for the younger generations. As climate change intensifies,…
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PEI Introduces Climate Resources for K-12 Students
In a bold step to prepare the next generation for the climate challenges ahead, Prince Edward Island (PEI) has introduced a series of new educational…
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Climate Crisis Threatens Canada’s Ice Roads for Indigenous Communities
The warming climate is rapidly transforming the landscape of northern Canada, particularly for Indigenous communities who rely on ice roads for critical supplies. These roads,…
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Climate Change Fuels Heatwaves, Droughts, Wildfires, and Floods
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a primary driver of extreme weather events, exacerbating heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and floods around the world. As the planet…
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The Mentoring Gap: How the Loss of Informal Knowledge Is Affecting Safety
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Plugging into Electric Vehicles
Most future planning discussions about electric vehicles begin with a prediction for significant impact by 2020. While these studies are important for future planning, utilities…
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No Time For Worker Mistakes
Protection and control: Reducing human error for a more reliable power system
BY DAVID COSTELLO, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Great time and effort are spent…
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Outage Management Review: Outage Intelligence
The permeation of intelligence into the medium-voltage network is continuing apace, bringing the reality of the Smart Grid ever closer. One target of the Smart…
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Protecting SCADA Systems with Defense-in-Depth Strategies
How utilities can utilize multi-layered security approaches
BY RICHARD CLARK, InduSoft
Defense-in-depth is a security strategy first developed by military leaders in which multiple layers…
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Tracking Smart City Trends
Already, smart city technologies are strong in Europe and the Middle East. Now, cities all over North America are joining the smart cities movement as…
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