Frozen pipes in Texas warn of supply risk as disasters grow more frequent
As the world warms, some cities are having to ration water during extended droughts, while others see agricultural lands and reservoirs threatened by floods and sea-level rise.
The two hours that nearly destroyed the electric grid in Texas
The debacle highlights just how vulnerable even the most sophisticated energy systems are to the vagaries of climate change, and how close it all came to crashing down.
Texas winter freeze shows U.S. isn't ready for climate change, White House says
Washington rejected claims by Texas officials that power outages had been caused by "green energy," while angry residents point to the state's failure to winterize infrastructure.
In Texas black-swan blackout, everything went wrong at once
The greatest forced blackout in U.S. history, as this event has almost certainly become, was the result of a systemic and multifaceted failure.
Frozen Texans rely on wits and dogs to find warmth and water
The winter blitz and power outages that have crippled Texas are testing the boundaries of rugged individualism across the Lone Star state.
How the warming Arctic helped drive a deep freeze into Texas
Some experts maintain that climate change has increased the frequency with which the polar vortex weakens and allow cold to air to run amok.
A glimpse of the future in Texas: Climate change means trouble for power grids
Huge winter storms have plunged large parts of the central and southern United States into an energy crisis this week as frigid blasts of Arctic weather crippled electric grids and left millions of Americans without power amid dangerously cold temperatures. The grid failures were most ...
Japan's Sumitomo exits U.S. shale oil business to promote restructuring
Trading house Sumitomo Corp. said Thursday it had withdrawn from the U.S. shale oil and gas business to cut costs and proceed with structural reforms. The Japanese firm has sold all of its stake in a shale oil project in Texas to a U.S. oil ...
Tighter rules slow virus in U.S., but victory remains far away
Officials wonder whether they can force infection rates down again, as they did in the spring — and this time, make them stick until a vaccine arrives.
China demands U.S. close Chengdu consulate in tit-for-tat move
China ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, after the American government forced China to leave its mission in Houston earlier this week in a rare decision. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Friday that ...
Chinese Consulate fight shows Trump’s hard-liners are in charge
U.S. President Donald Trump spent the first three years of his presidency balancing the demands of hard-liners who wanted a crackdown on China against his own desire to pursue a trade deal and cultivate a stronger relationship with Xi Jinping. The unexpected order Wednesday to ...
