Analysis: California utilities’ planned blackouts this wildfire season prompt residents to adopt solar power
Democratic Sens. Brian Schatz , Sheldon Whitehouse and Martin Heinrich sent a letter to NBC News urging the network to make the first debate of the presidential primary about climate change, the Daily Beast. “We are writing to strongly encourage NBC News and MSNBC to devote a significant amount of time to a discussion on climate action at the upcoming Democratic presidential primary debate,” the letter reads. “The facts are clear.
Government science agencies are worried about how the move to implement 5G technology will affect forecast accuracy. “Both the FCC and the wireless industry are racing to deploy 5G technology, which will deliver information at speeds 100 times faster than today’s mobile networks,” The Post's Samenow . “But scientists have found this technology could interfere with critical satellite data used in weather forecasting, pitting the interests of science and safety against a pressing national priority.” Thousands of people were in the dark Thursday morning hours after tornadoes whipped through Missouri, killing three and injuring dozens.
. In Jefferson City, 2,000 people were without power by a midday news conference, with another 2,300 in the dark in the town of Eldon.NOAA is predicting there will be four to eight hurricanes in the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, out of a total of nine to 15 named storms. NOAA predicts there will also be two to four major hurricanes that are Category 3 or higher, Samenow.
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