Topic: Electricity

Premier Doug Ford speaks to media at Cool Beer Brewing Company in Toronto, July 10, 2024. (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Ontario to cut U.S. power over tariffs

Quinn Sental
Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) (Getty Images/wrangel)

Electric eel zaps do more than just stun

Matthew Rozsa
A mother Bottlenose Dolphin swims with her calf close by (Getty Images/NaluPhoto)

Dolphins can sense electricity: study

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/xijian)

Maine court recharges green energy plan

Jake Bittle - Grist
Bandaged Hand and Electricity (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Electricity, not time, heals wounds

Matthew Rozsa
Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy's farcical "energy bill"

Carl Pope
Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Utilities lobby with customer dollars

Kate Yoder - Grist
A visual representation of a Bitcoin cryptocurrency as a gold coin on a computer keyboard. (Getty Images)

NY crypto lawsuit has climate fallout

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
SunCor Energy Refinery in Denver, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Energy dearth sets back renewable energy

Robert Brecha - The Conversation
Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

How energy companies envision the future

Seth Blumsack, Lara B. Fowler - The Conversation
Honey bees in a swarm (Getty Images/Andreas Häuslbetz)

How insect swarms can change the weather

Troy Farah
Water Heater | Grand Coulee Dam (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Saving the Earth with... water heaters?

Evan Mills
Electricity and Earthquakes (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why earthquakes send out electricity

Matthew Rozsa
A mailbox is seen frozen in a snow covered neighborhood in Waco, Texas as severe winter weather conditions over the last few days has forced road closures and power outages over the state on February 17, 2021. - Millions of people were still without power on February 17 in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, and facing water shortages as an unusual winter storm pummeled the southeastern part of country. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a winter storm warning for a swathe of the country ranging from east Texas to the East Coast state of Maryland. (MATTHEW BUSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

America's power grid is broken

Matthew Rozsa
The U.S. and Texas flags fly in front of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Price gouging leaves Texans outraged

Jon Skolnik
Mars Dust Storm (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Mars' tiny lightning storms

Matthew Rozsa
Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm on February 16, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Power outages across the Plains

Michael E. Webber - The Conversation
Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm on February 16, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Why US power grids will keep failing

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/David McNew)

Can a city truly be 100% renewable?

Shannon Osaka - Grist
Company HE3DA President Jan Prochazka shows qualities of a new battery during the official start of a battery production line in Prague, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The new battery is based on nanotechnology and is supposed to be be more efficient, long-lasting, cheaper, lighter and above all safer. The battery is designed to store energy from renewable electric sources and cooperate with smart grids. Next planned type will be suitable for electric cars. (Michal Kamaryt /CTK via AP) (AP)

Electric utilities slow to make switch

Alexandra Tempus - FairWarning
Repair work is done on power lines affected by Hurricane Maria April 18, 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Getty Images)

Wall Street superpower eyes utility biz

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
(George Frey/Getty Images)

Big power distributor favors coal

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Judy Aquiline, a Sonoma local, sits in the candle-lit restaurant Reel and Brand in Sonoma, California, on October 9, 2019, during a planned power outage by the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility company. - Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began on October 9 as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. (BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)

The battle over control of PG&E

Theodore J. Kury - The Conversation
Can you smoke pot and work undercover, some wonder? (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

States grapple with power demand of pot

Nate Seltenrich - FairWarning
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