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Energy & Environment

Spain's Grid Collapsed in 5 Seconds. The U.S. Could Be Next.

A massive blackout in Spain shows what happens when energy policy ignores the physics of electricity.

Marc Oestreich | 5.13.2025 4:35 PM

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Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis' Misguided War on Woke

Plus: a lightning-round look at Super Bowl myths

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.6.2023 5:38 PM

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuaez speaks to a crowd during the Keep Florida Free Tour | Luis Santana/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Cuba

Florida Lieutenant Governor Calls for Busing Cuban Migrants to Delaware, Then Tries To Walk it Back

Record numbers of Cubans are arriving in the United States as the communist nation struggles economically.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 8.26.2022 10:25 AM

SnowTexas | Chengyue Lao / Xinhua News

Renewable energy

Renewable Energy Is Not the Chief Cause of Texas' Power Outages

The vast majority of the shortfall is from failures at fossil fuel-powered plants.

Ronald Bailey | 2.16.2021 3:50 PM

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Science

Solar and Wind Power Struggle as California Faces Blackouts

The state's electricity grid operators warned in 2019 that power shortages might become increasingly common when heat waves hit in the coming years.

Ronald Bailey | 11.16.2020 6:00 AM

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California

California's Power Outages Are Making Gov. Gavin Newsom Resemble Recalled Gov. Gray Davis

That's not the comparison you want if you're a California governor. Newsom should spend more time dealing with the nuts-and-bolts of government and less time preening for the national stage.

Steven Greenhut | 11.8.2019 8:00 AM

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Electricity

Energy Secretary Rick Perry Orders Regulators to Figure Out How to Keep Renewables from Crashing the Electric Power Grid

New energy market distortions to fix old energy market distortions

Ronald Bailey | 10.2.2017 10:40 AM

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Lifestyle

Not Off the Grid, But We Can See the Edge From Here

One family stumbles toward quasi-self-reliance.

J.D. Tuccille | 2.14.2017 6:00 AM

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