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Tropical storm Gabrielle downgraded to tropical depression during heavy rains in Puerto RicoTropical storm Gabrielle felled many trees and caused small landslides in Puerto Rico before being downgraded to a tropical depression.- Tropical storm Gabrielle brings heavy rain to Puerto RicoTropical storm Gabrielle's聽maximum sustained winds early Thursday are near 40 mph with slight strengthening possible over the next two days.
Oil's dwindling role in Middle East affairsThe US is becoming less dependent on Arab oil, Salhani writes, making it less of an issue when it comes to decisions about Syria and the Middle East.聽
Why oil prices will stay high 鈥� even without a Syria crisisA strike on Syria would at least temporarily boost oil prices on fears of violence spreading across the Middle East. But production problems elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa are keeping energy markets on edge.
Tesla Motors goes to EuropeTesla Motors opened its first assembly plant in Europe last month, and the electric carmaker is expanding its 'Supercharger' network abroad. Will Europeans warm to the Tesla Motors Model S?- What's a Hyperloop? Who's Elon Musk? Take our Tesla Motors quiz!
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Power outage takes out 70 percent of VenezuelaVenezuela power outage blamed on electric grid backbone, shutting down traffic lights and subway trains in the capital of Caracas. But President Maduro says Venezuela's power outage is being addressed and electricity 'progressively restored.'
Can electric utilities innovate?Electric utilities are usually characterized as 鈥榓nti-innovators鈥� as their ultimate goal is only to sell electricity at the lowest cost and highest reliability, Nicholson writes. But a new study suggests some paths forward for the electric utility industry.
Missile test boosts oil prices. Would US tap emergency oil supply?A joint US-Israel missile test Tuesday boosted oil prices and renewed worries that a spread of conflict in the Middle East could block oil supplies. If oil prices continue to rise, would the US tap emergency oil supplies to avoid damaging a fragile economic recovery?
How global warming may lessen chance of another superstorm SandyGlobal warming could further lower the likelihood of the atmospheric conditions that聽last year shoved superstorm Sandy due west into New Jersey, a new study says. But聽stronger storms will worsen with global warming, the study found, and outweigh changes in steering currents predicted by the study's computer models.- How global warming may lessen chance of another superstorm SandyGlobal warming could further lower the likelihood of the atmospheric conditions that聽last year shoved superstorm Sandy due west into New Jersey, a new study says. But聽stronger storms will worsen with global warming, the study found, and outweigh changes in steering currents predicted by the study's computer models.
- 727-pound alligator shot with crossbow727-pound alligator sets new record in Mississippi. Dustin Bockman, a UPS driver from Vicksburg, took the 727-pound alligator in the Mississippi River. It was 13-feet, 4.5-inches long.
Should you divest from coal and oil?Students across the US are pushing college endowments to divest from fossil fuels. But endowments worry it will trim profits. Can you divest from coal and oil without hurting your portfolio?
Fukushima radiation levels surge 18-foldFukushima radiation near water storage tank surges 18-fold. Because of radioactive water leaking from the tank at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, radiation has become a new threat for Japan.聽
Alaska earthquake hits Aleutians: 7.0 magnitude shockAlaska earthquake hits some 67 miles west of Aleutian Islands, rattling homes and residents. But so far, there are no reports of injuries or damage from the Alaska earthquake.
Solar and wind energy to be cost competitive by 2025, report findsWind and solar electricity will become cost competitive, without the help of federal subsidies, by 2025, according to a new report from the聽National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
How whooping crane youngsters learn from their eldersYoung whooping cranes on their first migration learn important lessons from older, more experienced birds聽鈥� such as how to deal with crosswinds that could knock them off track, researchers find.- How whooping crane youngsters learn from their eldersYoung whooping cranes on their first migration learn important lessons from older, more experienced birds聽鈥� such as how to deal with crosswinds that could knock them off track, researchers find.
Giant snails vs. Florida: Florida turns the tideGiant snails are showing up in fewer numbers, as Florida officials battle the stucco-chewing parasite. Average number of giant snails has dropped from more than 1,000 a day in 2011 to fewer than 100 a day last month.聽- Colonel Meow, feline internet celebrity, sets cat-hair world recordColonel Meow:聽The Himalayan-Persian mix will be added to the 2014 edition of the Guinness World Records book, due out Sept. 12.
