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European Power Prices Spike As Heat Dome Strains Grid
European Power Prices Spike As Heat Dome Strains Grid European day-ahead power prices continue to soar for the third day due to an early-season heat wave driving up cooling demand, lack of renewable energy generation, declining nuclear power, and soaring natural gas costs. Large swaths of Europe over the weekend experienced temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius). The […]
“Dangerous” Heat Dome Shifts Eastward, Triple-Digit Temps Expected For Southeast
“Dangerous” Heat Dome Shifts Eastward, Triple-Digit Temps Expected For Southeast A heat dome hovering over the northern Plains has begun to shift eastward early this week, expected to bring triple-digit temperatures across southern and eastern regions of the U.S. “Dangerous heat will continue to make headlines from the central U.S. to the Southeast. One more day […]
Climate change, energy, and an unstable grid: The mainstream belatedly gets the connections
Climate change, energy, and an unstable grid: The mainstream belatedly gets the connections Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer in the United States as the temperate breezes of spring give way to an enveloping heat that has become more and more intense each year due to climate change. This summer forecasters are expecting […]
Quick Shot Of Heat To Roast 100 Million People In Northeast
Quick Shot Of Heat To Roast 100 Million People In Northeast About 100 million people in the Northeast will be blasted with a quick shot of heat and humidity this Saturday and Sunday. High temperatures are expected to range between the upper 80s and mid-90s from Ohio to Washington, D.C. to Baltimore to Philadelphia to […]
Texas Power Grid Warns Of Record Demand Amid Back-To-Back Triple-Digit Heatwaves
Texas Power Grid Warns Of Record Demand Amid Back-To-Back Triple-Digit Heatwaves An early summer heatwave pattern continues to boil parts of the Central and Southern Plains. This means parts of Texas will continue to roast with temperatures forecasted to reach triple digits next week. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power grid […]
First Look At Tornado Damage In New Orleans; 1000s Without Power
First Look At Tornado Damage In New Orleans; 1000s Without Power As the sun comes up Wednesday morning in New Orleans, many folks are waking up to vast amounts of destruction after a tornado touched down on Tuesday night. Local news WDSU reports a tornado ripped through parts of St. Bernard Parish, which borders New Orleans to […]
Australia Ties Record for Hottest Southern Hemisphere Day
Australia Ties Record for Hottest Southern Hemisphere Day It topped 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Western Australia, tying the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the southern hemisphere A map showing the misery index in Australia on Thursday. Gif: Earth Wind Map It is really, really, really hot in Australia right now. On Thursday, Onslow, a coastal […]
Weather 2022: New anomalies are growing in the Atmosphere and the Oceans, that will change the weather patterns as we head deeper into the year
Weather 2022: New anomalies are growing in the Atmosphere and the Oceans, that will change the weather patterns as we head deeper into the year Major changes are coming in 2022 across the atmosphere and the oceans, creating different weather patterns into the second half of the year, and especially in the cold season later […]
Edible Oil Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Worries Persist
Edible Oil Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Worries Persist Edible oil prices continue to surge to record highs amid adverse weather conditions for the world’s oilseed growers, adding to food-inflation worries that will persist through 2022. Rapeseed and canola prices hit another record high on Friday after last year’s harvests in North America […]
Deep freeze disrupts crude flows in oil sands and Bakken shale
Deep freeze disrupts crude flows in oil sands and Bakken shale A deep-freeze in Canada and Northern U.S. is disrupting oil flows, causing a surge in crude prices just as American stockpiles are declining. With temperatures from North Dakota to Northern Alberta below zero Fahrenheit (-18 Celsius), TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone pipeline was shut on […]
Flights Canceled, 800,000 Without Power As Fast-Moving Winter Storm Pounds Mid-Atlantic
Flights Canceled, 800,000 Without Power As Fast-Moving Winter Storm Pounds Mid-Atlantic Update (1217ET): A fast-moving winter storm pounded the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, resulting in 800,00 customers without power. According to PowerOutage.US, the highest concentration of power outages spanned across Virginia (378k customers without power) and North Carolina (163k customers without power). AccuWeather reports parts of Tennessee and […]
Wishes for a beautiful, safe, and productive 2022 for you and your gardens!
Wishes for a beautiful, safe, and productive 2022 for you and your gardens! This week is the end of 2021 and the start of the new year. What a year 2021 has been! Without even talking about politics, COVID-19, sports, or the economy, it was certainly one to remember from the standpoint of weather and […]
In Brief: Fracking back, new weather warnings, lockdown by any other name
In Brief: Fracking back, new weather warnings, lockdown by any other name Fracking back Anti-fracking campaigners like to flatter themselves by claiming that it was their protests which finally brought UK fracking to an end. The reality though, is that the price at which UK shale gas might be recovered was far higher than the […]
Extreme weather and pandemic help drive global food prices to 46-year high
Extreme weather and pandemic help drive global food prices to 46-year high Current high food prices, combined with the ongoing pandemic, will make the global food supply highly vulnerable to extreme weather shocks in 2022. Aerial view of stranded barges along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, in the wake of category […]
With ‘jaw-dropping,’ ‘astounding’ and ‘extraordinary’ weather, Vancouver just had its rainiest fall ever
With ‘jaw-dropping,’ ‘astounding’ and ‘extraordinary’ weather, Vancouver just had its rainiest fall ever Weather bombs, seven atmospheric rivers in a month and a tornado, among other things, plus lots (and lots) of rain Rain drenched Vancouver this fall, smashing records in city and across the province.Brendan Kergin / Vancouver is Awesome The fall of 2021 […]
