Power companies douse Los Angeles power poles with retardant to protect power grid during fires
With multiple wildfires still burning across the county, several Los Angeles power companies have started to try and get ...
Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
No official causes yet for LA fires, but utilities have a deadly history of sparking blazes. Cut the power and bury the lines ...
Entergy will spend $137 million upgrading its power lines, poles to withstand extreme weather
The Texas utility regulator has given Entergy the green light to spend $137 million to strengthen its portion of the electric ...
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Power lines in Romania’s Dobrogea region get safety upgrades to protect birds
Bird mortality due to electrocution is a major conservation issue, with uninsulated medium-voltage power lines, often used by ...
How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades fire safety project to save an endangered shrub
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive ...
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Dump truck snags power lines in Miami, causing poles to come down; NE 82nd St. reopens after hours-long closure
“It pulled one of the power lines, and all of the power poles started coming down one by one, and then we lost power.” The crash shut down Northeast 82nd Street from Biscayne Boulevard to ...
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Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
There are known measures that can help, experts say, including turning off power when ... replacing wooden poles with fire resistant poles. It's less expensive to bury lines during new ...