Storm Knocks Out Power for Hundreds of Thousands in the Pacific Northwest NYT | Top Stories Amy Graff 18 December 2025 at 04:46 The region has faced significant flooding in the last week. Powerful winds from another storm have compounded the misery. © David Ryder/ReutersWinds knocked a tree into a car in Tacoma, Wash., as extreme weather continued to batter the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday.
How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable NYT | China Ivan Penn and Ruth Fremson 5 December 2025 at 18:00 An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.