(Natural News) Brazil’s corn market can’t seem to catch a break as yet another cold wave has swept the country’s center-south area, subjecting the crops to more unexpected frost and prompting serious doubts about export volumes. Last Monday, corn crops in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana were hit by frost in […]

(Natural News) A mysterious disease has affected at least 325 birds in the mid-Atlantic region. Wildlife experts in four states – Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia – have been left baffled as a result. First tracked in May 2021, the illness caused swelling and discharge in the eyes of affected birds and left […]

(Natural News) The Texas Senate has passed a bill requiring the winterization of all of the state’s electricity-generating infrastructure. The bill also promised to completely overhaul Texas’ electricity market. This bill was made to prevent the historic blackouts that swept through the state during the February cold snap from happening again. Nearly half of Texas’ power-plant […]

(Natural News) Texans survived a frosty winter storm last week. They might need to survive with frosty foods for the next several days or weeks as grocery store shelves remained empty due to the disrupted supply chain. Food pantries were also running out of donations. The weather crisis also caused heavy damage to the state’s citrus and vegetable crops. Texas’ nightmarish […]

(Natural News) On a normal day, plumbers like David Crow would be ecstatic to have their office phones ringing off the hook. But when a cold snap in February caused statewide blackouts, he was overwhelmed as his company received a shocking 2,200 calls in 24 hours. North Texans unprepared for deep freeze and plumbing issues According to […]

(Natural News) The wholesale electricity prices in Texas are soaring as the cold snap drastically reduced the state’s power generating capacity. On Monday, spot electricity prices at the West hub surpassed the grid’s $9,000 per megawatt-hour cap, a staggering increase from the average price of $25 per megawatt-hour. The surge is equivalent to the cost of […]

(Natural News) With the worst of the Texas power crisis now behind us, the blame and fingerpointing begins, and while the jury is still out whose actions (or lack thereof) may have led to the deadly and widespread blackouts that shocked Texas this week, Cascend Strategy writes that “in case there was any doubt why the Texas […]