(Natural News) The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has warned that the Texas electrical grid is still at risk during severe weather despite safeguards done after the deadly February 2021 deep freeze, which brought widespread power outages in the Lone Star State. The freeze that caused the state’s electrical system to fail prompted Texas officials to […]

(Natural News) As Germans prepare for a potential energy crisis this winter, sales of electric heaters are surging, and experts are warning that the prevalence of these devices could ultimately lead to blackouts and the collapse of the power grid. Supplies of stoves and firewood have already been exhausted in Germany, and a panicked public […]

(Natural News) The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) announced on Monday, Aug. 1, that power use in the Lone Star State is expected to shatter records for that week. The announcement came as homes and businesses stepped up their air conditioners to get relief from another heat wave. But the Texas grid operator, which manages about […]

(Natural News) For the second day in a row, Russia’s Gazprom, a majority state-owned supplier of natural gas, has reduced export flows of the fossil fuel to Germany. Combined with the first cut, Germany is now receiving only 40 percent of the normal amount of Russian natural gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, all […]

(Natural News) The latest commodity to start mysteriously running dry is diesel, without which trains, trucks and the entire economy cannot function. According to media reports, fuel in general is somehow magically disappearing at the same time that inflation is reaching a point of no return, meaning hyperinflation. Report after report, in fact, is crafting […]

(Natural News) The effects of the severe ongoing drought in South America can be felt throughout the continent, with the second-longest river there, the Parana River, hitting a 77-year low that is compromising commercial shipping, fishing and the drinking water supply of 30 million people. Paraguay is being especially hard hit. The landlocked nation of […]

(Natural News) An official in the Indian union territory of Delhi has warned of a power crisis in the country’s capital spurred by coal shortages. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal issued the warning on Oct. 9 alongside a letter addressed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The coal shortages have forced electric companies in neighboring […]

(Natural News) The entire country of Lebanon was plunged into darkness on Saturday, October 9, as two of the state’s electric company’s main power stations ran out of fuel. The al Zahrani and Deir Ammar power stations stopped working after diesel supplies were exhausted and energy production dropped below 200 megawatts. An official has confirmed […]

(Natural News) What would happen if the country where most of America’s manufacturing base was outsourced back in the days of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were to shut off the industrial power supply? The world is about to find out. China, reports indicate, has slashed the electricity supply to 16 of its 31 provincial […]

(Natural News) In February, a record-setting winter storm named Uri plunged the state of Texas into subfreezing temperatures and overwhelmed the state’s electricity grid. Millions of Texans were left without power for days as a result. At the time, the state’s grid operator said the Texas electricity grid was just minutes away from total failure, which could […]