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How to keep the power on during hurricanes and heat waves and fires and …
Global warming is underscoring the point, again and again and again, that the infrastructure in the US was built for the climate conditions of the past.
Hurricane Ida, turbocharged by unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, plunged New Orleans into darkness after reportedly knocking out all eight of the transmission lines into the city.
That and other damage to the power system left...
What’s happening with covid vaccine apps in the US
A year ago, vaccines to tackle the covid pandemic still seemed like a far-off idea. Today, though, doses have been delivered to almost 40% of the world’s people—and some are being asked to prove they’re among them, leading to the rise of so-called vaccine passports. The details of these credentials vary from place to place,…