America Can’t Afford To Keep Ignoring Blackout Costs
1 sourceUpdated Jul 6, 2026
Sweltering heat on the East Coast tested the resiliency of America's largest power grid over the 4th of July holiday, just days after a federal court recently upheld a Biden-era EPA rule that will make it more difficult to operate the reliable coal and natural gas plants America relies on to keep the lights on.
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