Jamesine Rogers Gibson

The NIPSCO comparison is the kill shot, Jigar. Google and Amazon got forced to pay $450/MW-day to keep an old coal plant running 17 years past when it was supposed to close. Cutting bills for everyone living within 10 miles would cost half that. When helping the community is cheaper than the deal the utility already made you sign, it's not charity anymore, it's just the smart move.

Jamesine Rogers Gibson, Western states senior climate analyst | December 20, 2019, 4:14 pm EST This post is a part of a series on Future Extreme Heat in California’s San Joaquin Valley This fall, as millions of Californians went without power and wildfires claimed homes and livelihoods, the fragile state of California’s electricity grid came center-stage.

Kristy Dahl, senior climate scientist | November 10, 2019, 11:58 pm EST If I were to tell you that there were nearly 2,800 cases of heat-related illness among active-duty members of the US military last year, you might not be surprised. After all, we have troops deployed throughout the Middle East, where some of the world’s hottest places are found. But what if I were to tell you that of those thousands of cases, only 67 occurred among troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan?