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US West Hydropower Production Plunged to 22-Year Low Last Year

/in , , /by /The Hillby Sharon Udasin

Hydropower generation in the U.S. West plunged to a 22-year low last year — dropping 11 percent from the year before, according to a new federal data analysis. The total amount produced in the region amounted to 141.5 million megawatt-hours, or about 60 percent of the country’s total hydroelectricity output in the 2022-23 “water year,” per the data published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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UC San Diego Professor: Recent Closing of US Coal Power Plants has Saved 26,610 Lives

/in , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob Nikolewski

The number of coal-fired power plants in operation across the country has plummeted in recent years, quickly changing the power mix — especially in states such as California.

But what has that change meant in terms of health? Or even in the number of crops produced?

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