Americans can expect more major power outages because of severe weather driven by climate change, a federal report says.
WASHINGTON — A decade after a vast power outage shut down the Northeast, the electricity grid remains "highly vulnerable" to blackouts because of extreme weather fueled by climate change, a report by the White House and the Energy Department concludes.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/hQZK-BaTXSs/la-na-electricity-grid-20130813,0,2001839.story
WASHINGTON — A decade after a vast power outage shut down the Northeast, the electricity grid remains "highly vulnerable" to blackouts because of extreme weather fueled by climate change, a report by the White House and the Energy Department concludes.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/hQZK-BaTXSs/la-na-electricity-grid-20130813,0,2001839.story
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