Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 11, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
The Tiny Insurance Company Standing Between Taxpayers and a Costly Coal Industry Bailout November 8, 2022 By Leslie Kaufman and Will Wade In a quiet commercial strip in an upscale suburb of Nashville, there’s a single-story brick building housing a company that...
Storm Ian Weakens as Millions Left Without Power September 29, 2022 By Brian K. Sullivan and Will Wade Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued to move northeastward across central Florida, with a massive and...
US Starts Criminal Probe Into PG&E Role in California Wildfire September 27, 2022 By Will Wade Federal officials have initiated a criminal investigation into PG&E Corp.’s potential role in starting California’s largest wildfire of the year....
Lingering La Niña Weather Phenomenon Boosts Threat of More Atlantic Hurricanes August 15, 2022 By Will Wade The odds of La Niña hanging around for a few more months are climbing, bolstering chances of more storms as...
U.S. Officially Becomes 1st Nation to Exit Paris Climate Pact November 4, 2020 By Will Wade and Jess Shankleman The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome of the...
Number of Landfalls of Big U.S. Storms Could Break 1916 Record September 18, 2020 By Will Wade Hurricane Sally’s historic flooding of Florida and Alabama this week marked the eighth named storm to strike the continental U.S....
Nuclear Plants Allowed to Extend Workers’ Hours, Delay Inspections April 21, 2020 By Will Wade Nuclear power plants can now implement longer shifts for workers and delay some inspections, raising concerns that as the coronavirus...
Why Utilities Are Turning to Bond Market to Pay for Natural Disaster Losses February 11, 2020 By Will Wade and Mark Chediak Fires and floods are sending some of the nation’s largest utilities to the bond market to cover huge, unexpected bills....