49620 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://gizmodo.com/humanity-is-woefully-unprepared-for-a-major-volcanic-1849457957Gizmodo: What gives volcanic eruptions such potential for chaos and damage? Cassidy: Large eruptions can cross borders. They can produce lots of different hazards. So, for instance, extensive ash flow over thousands of kilometers, which can interrupt things like electricity and potentially collapse....2022-08-25T22:16+0200gizmodo-49a1be9ab100e255508e0605dfc976d720220825221600https://www.businessinsider.co.za/energy-crisis-japan-nuclear-energy-policy-fukushima-germany-russia-europe-2022-8Japan will restart more of its nuclear plants and look into developing next-generation reactors. After the Fukushima disaster, Japan said it would not build any new nuclear reactors. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also said officials would look into lengthening the lifespan of its existing nuclear reactors.2022-08-25T22:15+0200businessinsider-za-8bd12e52fa1718cfb5a78a808734ae2520220825221500https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/energy-crisis-japan-nuclear-energy-policy-fukushima-germany-russia-europe-2022-8Japan will restart more of its nuclear plants and look into developing next-generation reactors. After the Fukushima disaster, Japan said it would not build any new nuclear reactors. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also said officials would look into lengthening the lifespan of its existing nuclear reactors.2022-08-25T20:57+0200markets-businessinsider-2f9c90fcff69f93d18f440e25b6d9ceb20220825205700https://article.wn.com/view/2022/08/25/20_million_us_homes_can_8217t_pay_utility_bills_as_8216tsuna/More than 20 million households face a “tsunami of shutoffs” after falling behind on their utility bills as the price for electricity skyrockets because of decades-high inflation, experts predict. Since the pre-pandemic era, the amount owed to utility companies has doubled for approximately one out....2022-08-25T20:56+0200wn-1cad3b06c07b07872f93aee26659968320220825205600