AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
May 30 2024
News
Hawaii authorizes power cuts in high-risk weather conditions after Maui fire disaster
(CNN) — The main power utility in Hawaii will cut off electricity to some areas in future extreme weather conditions to avoid another wildfire disaster, the state announced Wednesday. The Public Safety Power Shutoff program is in response to last year’s fire that killed more than 100 people in Lahaina on the island of Maui and left $6 billion in damages. “This means they may turn off power in
KRDOMay 30 2024
News
CA push for EVs could hit farmworker safety
It’s one solution to fix a flaw in a California law designed to stop farmworkers from being killed in crashes on the way to the fields. But another state mandate — more electric vehicles to slow climate change — could undermine the CalVans program, explains CalMatters Capitol reporter Jeanne Kuang. Established in 2012, CalVans provides thousands of farmworkers a safe way to get to vineyards,
CalMattersMay 31 2024
News
San Diego ponders a bid to take over its for-profit energy utility
Activists pushing San Diego to take over the city’s investor-owned utility aren’t letting last year’s defeat of a similar effort in Maine deter their goal of establishing a nonprofit power company. They recently submitted petitions bearing more than 30,000 signatures from residents who want the City Council to let voters decide the matter this fall. Advocates say a municipal takeover of San
GristMay 29 2024
News
Battery-Powered California Faces Lower Blackout Risk This Summer
California expects to avoid rolling blackouts this summer as new solar plants and large batteries plug into the state’s grid at a rapid clip.
The state’s electricity system has been strained by years of drought, wildfires that knock out transmission lines and record-setting heat waves. But officials forecast Wednesday new resources added to the grid in the last four years would give
BloombergSep 26 2023
News
RI regulators to vote on electric rate hike for winter
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — With the colder weather on the way, Rhode Islanders could see an increase in their electricity bill come next month. Rhode Island Energy proposed new electric rates back in July and a final vote on the changes is expected on Tuesday. Under the proposed rate, the average residential household would see their monthly utility bill jump by $32.29, which is an increase of
WPRI 12May 30 2024
News
Volcanic Eruption In Iceland Losing Intensity: Expert
A volcano erupting on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland has decreased significantly in intensity during the first 24 hours, the country's weather office said Thursday. The eruption around midday on Wednesday prompted the evacuation of the nearby fishing town of Grindavik as well as the Blue Lagoon thermal spa tourist attraction and the Svartsengi power plant, which supplies
Barron'sMay 22 2024
News
CenterPoint expects some Houston-area power outages to extend into weekend
As of midday Wednesday, the electricity company said about 92% of the 922,000 customers that lost power during last Thursday’s deadly storm had their service restored. Nearly 70,000 remained without electricity. CenterPoint Energy, which has been working to restore electricity to the nearly 1 million Houston-area customers who lost power during last Thursday's deadly storm, said Wednesday some
Houston Public MediaMay 30 2024
News
Project Alta lifts off with goal of putting passenger drones in the sky by 2034
Powered by six electric motors, the Joby aircraft takes off and lands vertically. A new Utah group, Project Alta, has plans to create a system of regional corridors to accommodate passenger-carrying autonomous aircraft over the next 10 years. | Joby Aviation For those who haven’t been spending a lot of time outside monitoring their overhead space it may come as a surprise that autonomous
Yahoo NewsMay 30 2024
News
Versailles student, 13, plays guitar and surprises classmates
VERSAILLES — A student at Versailles Middle School surprised his classmates when he recently performed in a talent show. Easton Dirksen, 13, played the electric guitar during the show, but he and some teachers decided to play a trick on his classmates. Dirksen came out and began to play “Back in Black” by AC/DC but intentionally messed up. One of Dirksen’s teachers, Mr. Pleiman, asked the
WHIO 7May 30 2024
News
Murals, sculpture displays among 2024 public art projects in northeast Indiana
Local artist Tim Parsley has been working on a 1,300-square-foot mural covering the cinder block walls inside the west parking garage entrance of The Riverfront at Promenade Park. The piece viewable from the park along South Harrison Street is inspired by Parisian botanical design with floral elements native to Indiana, Parsley says in a news release announcing the project, which was expected
The Journal Gazette