(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 a winter snow apocalypse descended upon Buffalo, N.Y., ahead of Christmas Day, city residents faced another disaster: A looting and crime wave. Multiple posts on social media show the chaos as police worked like mad to contain the wave of business thefts as shops and stores closed down due to the inclement […]

(Natural News) Experts have been warning for months that there could be major issues delivering enough power to customers along the country’s Eastern corridor this winter if unseasonably cold temperatures hit, and those experts have now been vindicated. According to reports on Christmas Eve day, the powerful winter storm that saw temps plunge to record […]

(Natural News) Power utilities in the United States need a resilient backup power to resolve the frequent shutdowns and blackouts across the country caused by heavy snowstorms, hurricanes and other severe weather conditions. Just last month, darkness blanketed Texas amid extreme weather conditions. As a winter storm forced the state’s power grid to the brink […]

(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 […]

(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) Petrochemical plants in Texas are still recovering from the historic winter freeze that struck the Gulf Coast late last month. This has lead to an increase in the price of plastic alongside a decrease in its supply, which is straining the production of a number of products that use plastic, including smartphones, face masks and automobiles. […]

(Natural News) The power that icing can cause wind turbines to lose up to 80 percent of their power generation, according to a new study published in the journal Renewable Energy. Lead researcher Hui Hu, a professor of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University, and his team carried out a field study of a Chinese wind farm after a decade of performing lab […]

(Natural News) Texas wholesale electricity retailer Griddy Energy is facing a $1 billion class-action lawsuit for allegedly charging customers extremely high prices during the cold snap that left millions without power for days. Lisa Khoury of Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, East Texas, filed the lawsuit in neighboring Harris County on Monday, Feb. 22. She claimed her […]

(Natural News) The winter storm that swept across Texas last month took power, cut water and claimed lives. It also led to fish kills along the entire Texas coast. But fish-killing events like this are nothing new in the Lone Star State. In fact, historical records showed that Texas has had its fair share of […]