Bare electrical wire and poles in need of replacement on Maui were little match for strong winds
In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows -- those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that could spark on contact
2023-08-26 20:50
Puerto Rico board submits third plan in attempt to restructure power company debt of $10 billion
Lawyers have filed a new plan for restructuring $10 billion in debt owed by Puerto Rico’s power company in the latest attempt to end a lengthy bankruptcy process marked by acrimonious negotiations
2023-08-26 18:49
Power outages across Kenya approach the 12-hour mark with little explanation and a rare apology
Much of Kenya is still without electricity almost 12 hours after an unexplained power outage Friday night shut down the country’s main international airport and led to a rare public apology by a government minister
2023-08-26 15:23
Fukushima residents react cautiously after start of treated water release from wrecked nuclear plant
Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have dropped amid uncertainty about how consumers may respond a day after treated and diluted radioactive wastewater began to be released into the sea
2023-08-26 13:18
US sues SpaceX for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and others
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people granted asylum
2023-08-26 08:22
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers renew claim that the FTX founder can't prepare for trial behind bars
Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried say prosecutors have delivered another four million pages of documents on the FTX founder six weeks before trial
2023-08-26 06:51
DoorDash to pay $1.6M to its workers for violating Seattle sick time policy
DoorDash will pay $1.6 million to its workers after a city of Seattle investigation found the company failed to implement the city’s required sick and safe time policy
2023-08-26 05:27
ECB's Lagarde says interest rates to stay high as long as needed to defeat inflation
Interest rates in the European Union will need to stay high “as long as necessary” to slow still-high inflation, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said Friday
2023-08-26 04:25
Monaco closes corruption probe against Lebanon's caretaker prime minister for lack of evidence
The office of Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati says a three-year probe against him and his family over corruption allegations has been closed by Monaco's judicial authorities for lack of evidence
2023-08-26 03:53
Hawaiian Electric shares plunge after utility is sued over devastating Maui fires
Shares of Hawaiian Electric Company’s parent fell more than 19% Friday, one day after the utility was sued by Maui County over the fires that devastated Lahaina
2023-08-26 02:56
Energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan from different sides
Oil companies are challenging a Biden administration move to protect an endangered species of whale by scaling back a planned September auction of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases
2023-08-26 02:17
3M to pay more than $6.5M for violating certain provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
3M has agreed to pay more than $6.5 million to resolve charges that it violated the books and records and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday
2023-08-26 01:47