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Jun 06 2024
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French energy workers flag strikes over wages - statement
PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - The French CGT union on Friday announced it has lodged a strike notice in the energy sector for this summer with first walkouts in the electricity and gas companies planned on June 20, it said in a statement, citing wages as the reason for the move. The strike notice, which is required under French law and doesn't necessarily mean there will be outages, was filed from
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Jun 07 2024
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Texas faces 16% chance of grid emergency in August, ERCOT says
Texans’ risk of dealing with emergency grid conditions after sundown will top 16% in August, according to a new report from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The risk of rolling blackouts during the hour beginning at 8 p.m. is 12%, the state grid operator said Friday. The elevated risks come after the grid loses its cushion of supply from solar power at sundown and further complicated
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Jun 07 2024
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Caltrain to suspend service between San Francisco and San Jose this weekend
Caltrain is suspending service between San Francisco and San Jose on Saturday and Sunday to work on electric train testing.
The transit agency will run limited bus service between Millbrae and San Jose, but buses will only make stops at the Millbrae, Palo Alto and San Jose Diridon stations, and capacity will be limited.
Caltrain said the public should use other forms of
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Jun 07 2024
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Car Hits Teen On Scooter In Manchester, Driver Flees Scene
MANCHESTER, CT — A car with some distinct features hit a scooter in Manchester Friday morning and the cops are looking for it after the driver fled the scene, according to an incident report. At 6:57 a.m. Friday, Manchester police responded to a crash between a motor vehicle and an electric scooter at the intersection of West Middle Turnpike and New State Road, according t0 an incident report
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Jun 07 2024
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Norway’s Emissions Fell Last Year on EV Boom, Metal Output Fall
Norway’s emissions dropped 4.7% last year as more electric cars took to the roads and output from smelters and metal mills declined.
The release of climate warming gases has been falling since 2015 and totaled 46.6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2023, compared to 48.9 million tonnes a year earlier, Statistics Norway said Friday. The highest emissions reported by the country
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Jun 07 2024
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New report details rising energy costs, Evergy shares resources
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A report from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Center for Energy Poverty and Climate details estimates a nearly 8 percent increase in electric bills from last summer to now. “It’s very likely that we’re going to see even hotter temperatures throughout the rest of the summer if the past few years has taught us anything,” says Courtney Lewis,
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Jun 07 2024
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RI lawmakers vote to legalize e-bikes – with a speed limit on bike paths
Electric bicycles – already ubiquitous on Rhode Island roads – are on the verge of becoming street and bike-path legal here. The General Assembly on Thursday passed legislation including some new safety limits on the battery-and-pedal powered vehicles that will take them out of the legal gray area they've been in for years. The final vote in the House was 63-5. This is the first year lawmakers
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Jun 06 2024
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Dan Kildee requests funds for Four Lakes Task Force project
“We want to meet the priorities of the local communities, but we have to balance that against the feedback we’re getting from the Appropriations Committee on the most likely projects that will be successful,” Kildee said. “In the case of Midland County this year, three of those projects rose to the top and met that standard.” One of the Midland County projects would allocate $3 million to the
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Jun 06 2024
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Chile’s Top Economic Authorities Flag Inflation and Growth Risks
Chile’s central bank Governor Rosanna Costa and Finance Minister Mario Marcel sounded the alarm on hurdles for the nation’s economic recovery at an event Thursday.
Uncertainties over the strength of the US economy and global geopolitical tensions are keeping the central bank cautious as it works to bring inflation down to target, Costa told business leaders in Santiago. Locally, it’s
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Jun 07 2024
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Progress made in storm recovery cleanup; full power restoration expected Sunday
An emergency shelter and resource distribution centers officially closed Friday after significant headway was made in storm recovery in Smith County. Power had been restored to tens of thousands and cleanup was well underway countywide. At 5 p.m. Friday, about 925 Smith County residents were still without electricity. While the impact was still felt, the restoration of power to 70,000 homes
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