Heating, air experts offer tips for keeping energy bills down amid high temperatures
Heating, air experts offer tips for keeping energy bills down amid high temperatures
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INSIDERA rustic private island in Maine is on the market, but the owner will only sell to someone willing to stay overnight—despite perilous weather
Owner Billy Milliken told Insider that Ducks Ledges Island has dangerous conditions in the winter and no running water. It's not for everyone.
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Watch: Three moose on the loose visit Utah golf course, take a dip in nearby swimming pools
Three moose visited Eaglewood Golf Course in Utah a couple of times recently.
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We want culture, dining and wilderness in areas with homes for $300,000 – so where should we retire?
When you think of wilderness, is it bear and moose and such, or national forests and other preserved areas, including wildlife management areas and state parks, for hikes? This option puts you on the other side of the country and in a city of 31,000 people some 25 miles west of Knoxville.
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Another — yes, another — earthquake hits Elgin on Saturday
It’s the fourth in the past week. Whew.
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There are two tropical storms in the Atlantic. One is expected to become a hurricane.
Of the two tropical storms and one disturbance in the Atlantic region Saturday morning, the National Hurricane Center forecasts one to become a hurricane, one to dissipate by Monday and one to become nothing more than it is right now.
- Redding Record Searchlight
It's July, and something very abnormal is happening in Redding over this holiday weekend
And if Mother Nature again smiles favorably upon us, it will happen again Monday.
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A pair of orcas are hunting great white sharks to eat their livers, causing the species to flee the coast of South Africa
Great white sharks off the coast of South Africa are being preyed upon by two killer whales, causing them to flee en masse, according to a new study.
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Minnesota weather: Storms move through early Monday morning
A line of storms is expected to sweep through Minnesota early Monday morning.
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Heat dome to sizzle interior West, suppress monsoon storms
AccuWeather meteorologists expect temperatures to skyrocket across the Intermountain West heading into next weekend, with a few locales potentially reaching their hottest levels of the year thus far. A northward shift in the jet stream will allow a 'heat dome' to build across much of the West and High Plains during the latter part of the week. Underneath these heat domes, the air sinks, causing temperatures to climb and precipitation and cloud cover to generally be limited. Following a generally
- The Weather Network
Arctic Circle town could wind up as Canada’s hot spot amid heat wave
The summer is off to a toasty start for northern sections of the country that aren’t accustomed to such a long-lasting stretch of extreme heat.
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For the 21st time this week, earthquakes hit the Columbia area
Aftershocks continue rumbling through the Midlands following a series of relatively powerful earthquakes.
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Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system
Wind turbines and solar panels in Southern California. 4kodiak/E+ via Getty ImagesWaste heat is all around you. On a small scale, if your phone or laptop feels warm, that’s because some of the energy powering the device is being transformed into unwanted heat. On a larger scale, electric grids, such as high power lines, lose over 5% of their energy in the process of transmission. In an electric power industry that generated more than US0 billion in 2018, that’s a tremendous amount of wasted mone
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Rare crocodiles on the brink of extinction will be raised at North Carolina aquarium
“They have amazing, piercing green eyes, and they really fix you with them.”
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Total Global Recoverable Oil Reserves Are Falling At An Alarming Rate
New research from Rystad Energy shows a sizeable drop in global recoverable oil reserves in 2022, a situation that could have serious consequences for energy security
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How Phoenix is dealing with the heat of climate change
In Phoenix, temperatures are rising at an alarming rate due to climate change — but Mayor Kate Gallego has a plan to cool things down. As the summer months bring deadly temperatures, the newly created Office of Heat Response and Mitigation — the first of its kind in the U.S. — has been charged with easing the burden for Phoenix’s most at-risk residents and developing plans to ensure America’s hottest city remains livable.
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'I saw how a yard could be.' Couple turned acres of farm fields into 3 prairies in the Town of Eagle
Jean and Tom Weedman found a mission after retiring from teaching: turning land into prairie. They bought 5 acres in the Town of Eagle and got to work
- LA Times
Water restrictions bring big profits for businesses helping SoCal cope with drought
With consumption caps in effect, obtaining, conserving and, in some cases, illegally stealing water have become pillars of the drought microeconomy.
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Ford Makes a Major Change
The legacy automaker has just made a decision that will affect consumers buying its electric vehicles via a lease.
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A potential 'black swan' for US oil prices is being overlooked: unreliable electricity grids
Power grids across the US are at high risk of failures this summer, "a potential catalyst for chaos in energy markets," according to a Cornerstone director.
- Charlotte Observer
5,000 lose power after storms sweep through Charlotte area Sunday. What you should know
Pea-size hail accompanied the storms, NWS forecasters said.