![This year alone, California has seen 39 power outages. The world consumed 176 quadrillion watt-hours of general energy in 2021, and the generation of electricity from coal emitted a whopping 868 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022. Sourced from World Population Review and U.S. Energy Information Administration.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-1-1200x675.png)
Global Reset: Energy use sparks climate concern
by Ashley Mo and Claire Zhao
• March 28, 2024
![A map of regions that will potentially be affected by the public safety power shutoff.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-23-at-6.02.11-PM-900x622.png)
PG&E to shut off power in 17 Northern California counties in second public safety power shutoff of the month
by Kathy Fang, Editor-in-Chief
• October 23, 2019
![A map of the Bay Area during the public safety power shutoff, which first hit the Santa Clara, Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties Wednesday night, according to data released on Thursday by Pacific Gas and Electric Company.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/PGE_Blackout_Illustration-e1570919791159-849x900.jpg)
Update: Bay Area electricity scheduled to return after second phase of PG&E outage shuts off power to some upper school students, faculty
by Kathy Fang, Editor-in-Chief
• October 11, 2019
![Kelly Shen (12) sits in the darkness of the library after school last Friday when the power on the upper school went out, affecting lights across campus. This outage followed a series of short outages on Thursday and Friday, and over the weekend, another outage caused a PCR, server and phone shutdown across the upper school campus.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-7.40.00-PM-900x600.png)
Power outages shake up lights, PCR, server
by Arushi Saxena and Kathy Fang
• March 5, 2019
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