Hydro-Québec is using new technologies, like artificial intelligence and LiDAR, to prevent power outages caused by tree branches before they happen.

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

The six-acre lake at the heart of Wallace State Park doesn’t announce itself with dramatic cliffs or thundering waterfalls. Instead, it sits there with quiet confidence, its surface rippling gently ...