Chinese Hackers Still Trying to Break Into Telecoms Across Globe July 18, 2025 By Jake Bleiberg and Cameron Fozi A Chinese hacking group has continued to target phone and wireless providers around the world, compromising devices tied to seven...
Trump Administration Sued by States for Cutting Disaster Prevention Grants July 17, 2025 By Daniel Wiessner A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from...
US Faces More Extreme Weather Events, but Is Society Doing Enough? July 11, 2025 By Seth Borenstein After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they’d proven they could handle Mother Nature’s best punch. Then...
US Warns of Blackout Risk From Killing Coal as Trump Snubs Renewables July 8, 2025 By Ari Natter Blackouts in the US could double by 2030 amid an expected increase in power demand brought on by AI, according...
Czech Republic Hit by Major Power Outage Triggered by Fallen Cable July 7, 2025 By Jan Lopatka and Vera Dvorakova A power outage in large parts of the Czech Republic, including Prague, trapped people in public transport and lifts and...
‘Preventable’ National Grid Failures Led to Heathrow Fire: Report July 3, 2025 By Muvija M and William James A fire that shut London’s Heathrow airport in March, stranding thousands of people, was caused by the UK power grid’s...
Soaring Temperatures Stress US Grids June 24, 2025 By Tope Alake and Naureen S. Malik Blistering heat is straining power grids across the eastern half of the US, leading to a blackout in part of...
Spain Reveals Details of Chain Reaction That Caused Outage June 19, 2025 By William Mathis and Thomas Gualtieri Spain’s most-detailed account yet of the missteps leading to April’s nationwide blackout failed to fully explain why the power grid...
New Ratings Firm to Track Climate Hit on Infrastructure Assets June 17, 2025 By Simon Jessop A climate ratings firm created at French business university EDHEC has become the first to estimate projected financial losses for...
Extreme Weather Is Stress-Testing India’s Infrastructure Drive June 9, 2025 By Apoorva Ajith Indian monsoons this year — the earliest onset since 2009 — damaged new public infrastructure across the country, putting pressure...