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An arrest in Arkansas may demonstrate just how vulnerable the US power grid is to sabotage, and the involvement of the FBI and a Joint Terrorism Taskforce shows that federal officials are concerned. Jason Woodring was arrested last week at ...

What would you do if the world suddenly went dark? That is exactly what NatGeo’s original movie American Blackout – which premieres Sunday, Oct. 27, seeks to discover. The power grid collapses following a cyber attack, forcing the nation into ...

Developing solar air conditioning has long been the holy grail of solar energy scientists and engineers the world over. In a sense, they are a perfect match. Air conditioning is needed the most when the sun is the strongest and ...

Regulatory changes imposed by the Obama administration could force up to 207 coal-fired power plants to shut down over the next 10 years, leading to higher electric bills for Americans and potentially further weakening the power grid. Coal supplies 40 ...

A major Northeast railway power failure and the vandalism of a portion of the power grid in Arkansas illustrate once again the vulnerabilities of key pieces of America’s infrastructure. The second busiest railroad in the United States suffered a major ...

There’s another really good reason why you should look into producing your own electricity. The cost of electricity from the grid has been steadily rising for years and every indication is that it is going to keep increasing. Summer electricity ...

Utilities, large corporations and the federal government are so worried about the power grid going down for weeks or months that they are planning a massive drill to test the response to such a scenario – and former US Sen. ...

Everyone agrees that water is needed for survival and articles abound for how to find water and purify it for drinking. But all those articles have one thing in common: They are talking about purifying water from biological hazards. Normally, ...

Humberto is the first Atlantic hurricane of 2013 and another reminder one of the greatest threats to the power grid – Mother Nature. Late Monday evening the US National Hurricane Center clocked Humberto’s winds at 60 mph, and they were ...

Energy is the driver of any advanced economy, and fossil fuels are a key part of US energy needs. For decades this has mostly meant oil, but natural gas now is seen as a plentiful, relatively clean resource. The USA ...