Large swaths of the US grid could be vulnerable to blackouts this summer

Published on June 19, 2023

This story originally appeared in Eos magazine and is part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. This summer, as much as two-thirds of the United States could be in danger of electricity outages should temperatures drift higher than normal,…

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