Environmental News For The Week Ending 23May 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Covid totals continue to fall, both in the US and worldwide. New US cases during the week ending May 22nd were down 22.0% from those testing positive during the week ending May 15th, and down 64.2% from our mid-April surge high; this week s new cases were also the lowest for a 7 day period since that ending June 19th of last year. US deaths attributed to Covid this week were down 7.1% from the prior week, and less than a sixth of the death rate during the peak weeks of January. US Covid deaths were also the lowest since t
Double cold fronts sweep across southern Australia with Western Australia getting polar blast
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WA s coldest front so far this year expected this weekend
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Allen Best: Can Tri-State pivot to stay afloat?
Durango, Colorado Sat 1% chance of precipitation
Saturday, April 24, 2021 5:03 AM Allen Best Allen Best
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Once again the question looms, this time prodded by a downgrading by S&P Global Ratings, whether Tri-State Generation & Transmission can pivot rapidly enough to stay afloat in the turbulent world of this energy transition.
Two years ago S&P Global Ratings gave Tri-State an A rating. Then it downgraded the wholesale power provider for 42 electrical cooperatives in Colorado and three surrounding states to a rating of an A-.
Now, S&P has downgraded the ratings to BBB-plus.