The Power

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The Power Review: Event TV That's a Force to be Reckoned With (Den of Geek)

Prime Video's The Power is a superb sci-fi series about a changing power dynamic.

[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://www.denofgeek.com/the-handmaids-tale/), [The Power](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-power-prime-video-the-handmaids-tale/) is nevertheless likely to appeal to fans of that show, and hopefully it’ll find a wider mainstream audience too, since this is in some ways NOT actually a show about women, and just about who holds the most cards… She’s an early advocate for the women and girls and their bodily autonomy, protesting suggestions of creating registers of who does and does not have it, while her husband (John Leguizamo) is devastated to discover plans via his work to develop a suppressant for The Power. Jimoh’s Tunde is almost the perfect model of an ally until he’s confronted by women who don’t want a man to tell their story. And the internet can be a dangerous place to turn. The novel, developed with help from a mentorship with [Margaret Atwood](https://www.denofgeek.com/margaret-atwood/), imagines what would happen if teenage girls suddenly developed the ability to produce electrical charges through their fingers. The series takes this premise, updates it slightly for a 2023 audience and creates a show that feels complex, nuanced, emotional, and, yes, electric.

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Prime Video's Globetrotting The Power Finds Action in Gender ... (Roger Ebert)

Yes, the first episode is weighed down by having to introduce so many disparate plotlines and characters. In it, we meet Allie (Halle Bush), a Black American ...

[The Power](/reviews/the-power-movie-review-2021)” pushes through and takes off in the second episode, visiting distant corners of the globe. The art direction is beautiful, traveling across the world, yes, but also taking time to explore its various settings in moments of alternating between quiet and upheaval. The father, Rob, played gamely by [John Leguizamo](/cast-and-crew/john-leguizamo), is stuck in the mother role—yes, he has an important career as a doctor, but the direction gives him a constant stream of domestic tasks when at home. It’s heavy-handed and annoying (in real life, American women who make more money than their spouses [STILL do the majority of the housework](https://www.romper.com/life/moms-do-more-housework-earn-more-than-husbands-study)), especially because we never see Margot do any chores. While we see the death of Allie’s abuser ( [Chris Mulkey](/cast-and-crew/chris-mulkey)) more than once, he’s somehow given more dignity than Ndudi—the camera focuses and stops on the pain crossing her face, the bolt hitting her like a smack. In it, we meet Allie (Halle Bush), a Black American teen who’s gone mute after so much abuse in the foster system.

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How Do Powers Work on THE POWER TV Show? (Nerdist)

The Power introduces us to a world that's like ours… until it isn't. The new Prime Video series puts an interesting twist on society when teenage girls ...

As The Power TV show progresses, we will likely learn more details about how powers work in this universe and the ways it will be leveraged on a global scale. At the end of The Power episode one, we get a major hint about the origin of this ability. [Margot (who is also the mayor of Seattle)](https://nerdist.com/article/the-power-series-stars-toni-collette-and-john-leguizamo-interview-margot-cleary-lopez-big-decision-episode-three-rob-future/) takes her in for a CAT scan in hopes of getting some answers about how the powers work. And, when she combines her strength with a classmate, they are able to drain the power from much of Seattle through touching a light pole. However, there seems to be a varying degree of power, ability, and control among the girls. The Power introduces us to a world that’s like ours…

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What is The Power about? New Prime Video series explained (Dexerto)

The Power cast: Who's in it? · Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez · Auliʻi Cravalho as Jos Cleary-Lopez · John Leguizamo as Rob · Toheeb Jimoh as Tunde · Ria ...

It’s just that we’re born into a world that doesn’t encourage it in women. she’s got her feet firmly planted on the ground, but why not be that person who fights for everyone?” - Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez Suddenly, and without warning, teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. There are young women who write about bodies in such a different way than when I was young. [MCU](https://www.dexerto.com/tag/marvel/) is still the biggest franchise in the world, grossing millions of dollars each year – but superhero fatigue is setting in.

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The Power cast: who's who in the sci-fi series (What's On TV)

Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez · John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez · Auli'i Cravalho as Jos Cleary-Lopez · Toheeb Jimoh as Tunde · Halle Bush as Allie · Ria ...

Tatiana is the wife of Viktor Moskalev, a Russian president. Ria Zmitrowicz is best known for her role as Amber Bowen in the BBC drama Three Girls and played Miss Ellis in ITV's Mr. Lucy joined the WhatToWatch.com team in 2021, where she writes series guides for must-watch programmes, reviews and the latest TV news. Her favourite TV programmes include Inside No 9, American Horror Story, Stranger Things and Black Mirror but she is also partial to a quiz show or a bit of Say Yes to the Dress! Jos Cleary-Lopez is the teenage daughter of Margot and Rob, and one of the young women affected by 'the power'. Roxy Monke is the illegitimate daughter of Bernie, a London-based crime boss who wants little to do with her. She has also starred in a number of theatre productions. Allie is a foster child who has been through lots of trauma. Rob Lopez is Margot's husband and works as a doctor in Seattle. Among these is Seattle mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez, which much of the series focuses on. He recently played Scrooge in the Christmas movie The Power cast is led by Hereditary star Toni Collette.

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The Power: Cast and character guide to new Amazon Prime show (Metro)

After a long wait, fans are set to finally see Naomi Alderman's award-winning novel The Power adapted to screen. The 2016 sci-fi novel won the Baileys ...

Toheeb Jimoh plays Tunde Ojo, a Nigerian videojournalist who takes it upon himself to document the rise in power of women across the world with his camera. Ria Zmitroqicz plays through-and-through badass Roxy Monke, a Londoner who is the daughter of brutal gang leader Bernie. Halle Bush bursts on to the scene for her acting debut as one of The Power’s most important characters. Tatiana creates a new country into a matriarchy called Bessapara, quickly leading to bloodshed. The Mayor of Seattle, Margot combines her political venture with her plans for training younger girls once they get their powers. Toni Collette plays ruthless politician Margot Cleary-Lopez, who gets a serious taste for power once her electricity comes in.

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'The Power' season 1 review: An electrifying feminist sci-fi thriller ... (The Hindu)

Cast: Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli'i Cravalho, Toheeb Jimoh, Josh Charles, Eddie Marsan, Ria Zmitrowicz, Zrinka Cvitešić, Halle Bush. Runtime: 48-52 ...

In fantasy stories, teenage girls are often bestowed with powers that have to do with their minds — be it the telekinesis in Carrie or Matilda — powers that cannot be seen or anticipated. While one might roll their eyes at their character sketches, the actors are successful in making them feel real and convincing. Microwaves are being set on fire, cities are being engulfed in darkness, planes are falling from the sky and men are dying as Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Brutal’ bursts in the background.

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Visualization of 2D Electron Gas in High-Frequency/Power Devices (Mirage News)

The group led by Professor Naoya Shibata of the University of Tokyo, in collaboration with Sony Group Corporation, succeeded in directly observing a.

Free electrons with high mobility are spread in an extremely thin layer and are used in high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) and other devices. These advances enabled control of the two-dimensional electron gas and are expected to further improve the performance of transistors. They successfully visualized and quantified the two-dimensional electron gas that accumulated in the several-nanometer-wide area of the semiconductor interface.

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'The Power' imagines a world where girls fight back, but the show ... (CNN)

Adapted from Naomi Alderman's provocative novel, the mix of dystopia and feminism has something in common with "The Handmaid's Tale," only here taking the ...

Separate plot threads play out in London, Eastern Europe and Africa, with the most interesting aspect of “The Power” stemming from how the empowerment of the young-female population is viewed in authoritarian states. The mayor’s family – including her husband (John Leguizamo) and teenage daughter (“Moana’s” Auli’i Cravalho) – is thrown into chaos, along with most of the world, by this current state of affairs, though she identifies the problem more clearly than most of her political brethren. One needn’t strain hard to find the metaphorical aspects of Amazon’s “The Power,” which imagines the terrifying scenario (to parents, anyway) of what would happen if teenage girls could suddenly shoot lightning from their fingers.

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Review: 'The Power' gives women electrifying abilities, but Amazon ... (USA TODAY)

John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez and Toni Collette as Margo Cleary-Lopez in "The. The globe-spanning series follows men and women and explores how the new power – ...

It's the kind of energy that might just make a spark. It's possible the series eventually will rise to its lofty ambitions, with a good cast and solid source material. The series significantly slows down the action of the book, because it's designed (in success) to last multiple seasons, so a closed-ended story becomes an open-ended one. The shots of electric power are often beautifully rendered, and thankfully avoid any resemblance to a cheesy video game trick. Tunde (Toheeb Jimoh) is a Nigerian journalist whose coverage of the electricity launches his career. Her daughter, Jos (Auli'i Cravalho), is a typical rebellious teen girl before she starts sparking, and Margot's husband, Rob (John Leguizamo), is dragged along for her political ride.

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Naomi Alderman on Prime Video's The Power: 'we are living in a ... (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

It's an odd thought experiment, but it works. That's because in The Power – both Alderman's 2016 novel and the new Prime Video adaptation of it – teenage girls ...

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Naomi de Pear, Jane Featherstone & Raelle Tucker On Creating ... (Screen Rant)

Executive producers Naomi de Pear & Jane Featherstone and showrunner Raelle Tucker discuss bringing The Power to life and being inspired by the novel.

For girls and women to grow up and believe they have the power - which they actually do, but they have been told they don't - and to believe that they can be equal. So yeah, I would say the power to be safe in the world. And I think for the actors it was about finding their own connection to the Power because they all have a different type and size of Power. All of these things that we just take for granted now; this is just a way of life, this is what it means to be a woman. Where do we start them in the beginning of the season and where do we need them to end up?" Raelle Tucker: I'm gonna say this one too, because I thought a lot about what it would feel like to not be carrying the burden of fear that we're born with as women. There are only about five animals with no predators on them in the world, and electric eels are one of them. Naomi de Pear: Yeah, that was something that from the get-go involved lots of departments: makeup, costume, VFX, SFX, the actors, and we had a movement coach. How did you make sure that each character got enough time to shine in the show? This development gives women the ability to produce powerful electricity, in turn aggressively shifting the power balance between men and women. Tucker was joined by fellow executive producers Naomi de Pear and Jane Featherstone, who have been a part of projects like television series The Baby and Chernobyl respectively. Based on the critically-acclaimed novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman, who is also one of the executive producers on the show, The Power centers on a new organ present only in women: the skein.

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'The Power's Naomi Alderman On Its Radical, Inclusive Gender Politics (Pride.com)

PRIDE caught up with the author and the show's co-executive producer Tim Bricknell to talk about why adding a trans character was essential in adapting the ...

This is an ongoing discussion in the world and I think the show adds to that discussion in a positive way. It’s a novel and a show that is trying to talk about the variety of experiences around gender around sex in the world,” she explains. “The show is about power, in its essence, and through a gender lens initially,” co-executive producer Tim Bricknell tells PRIDE. We’ve got a story about the rise of — spoilers, a little bit of a spoiler — about a cult leader. Why do we think that men and women are different in these ways? “My God, going to, I think it was the Suffolk coast, and walking into a convent that I had previously imagined in my mind... The series, for the uninitiated, follows a group of women — and a few men — who are witnesses or participants to how the world changes almost overnight when, without warning, young women begin unlocking the literal powers that have existed within them all along. “But gender is not [so] black and white. The show doesn’t shy away from asking the biggest of questions, which is exactly what Alderman set out to do. it’s kind of like a sort of good kind of psychotic break, where you’re just like, oh, I imagined this, and now I’m standing in it that feels weird. Some of the most poignant are around sex and gender. [The Power](https://www.pride.com/tag/the-power) author Naomi Alderman, walking onto the set of a TV show based on a fictional universe that once only lived in her head was a mind-blowing experience.

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Is 'The Power' Based On A Book? What To Know About Prime ... (Decider)

Naomi Alderman's 2016 novel is the basis for Prime Video's newest original series. The sci-fi drama premieres March 31 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Our favorite is the [Kindle Paperwhite](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KTZ8249?tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/31/is-the-power-based-on-a-book-all-about-the-new-prime-video-series/&asc_source=web); it has a big, bright screen, and the battery lasts weeks. [Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/storefront?filterId=OFFER_FILTER%3DPRIME&tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/31/is-the-power-based-on-a-book-all-about-the-new-prime-video-series/&asc_source=web). To watch, you’ll need to be an [Amazon Prime subscriber](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/storefront?filterId=OFFER_FILTER%3DPRIME&tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/31/is-the-power-based-on-a-book-all-about-the-new-prime-video-series/&asc_source=web). [two hit series launches](https://decider.com/2023/03/28/amazon-prime-video-daisy-jones-swarm-must-watch/) in a row, [Prime Video](https://decider.com/platform/prime-video/) is looking for a three-peat with the premiere of its latest original, the sci-fi series [The Power](http://decider.com/show/the-power). You can get the audiobook from Audible and Libro.fm, a platform that allows readers to support independent bookstores. [The Power](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8NXM1G5/?tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/31/is-the-power-based-on-a-book-all-about-the-new-prime-video-series/&asc_source=web) is set in a universe not unlike our own, except women hold most of the power thanks to a biological and supernatural breakthrough that leaves teenage girls with extraordinary abilities. New users of both platforms can also claim a free audiobook upon subscribing. The Power is a manuscript of an imagined history of an era where teenage girls all over the world gain the ability to electrocute at will. Both Audible and Libro are subscription-based and cost $14.99/month. If you prefer to listen to your books, The Power is available as an audiobook, too. [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0Z1EY0/?tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/31/is-the-power-based-on-a-book-all-about-the-new-prime-video-series/&asc_source=web) ($12), and is compatible with the Kindle app on mobile devices and tablets and Amazon’s Kindle e-readers. [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316570605/?tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https://decider.com/2023/03/31/is-the-power-based-on-a-book-all-about-the-new-prime-video-series/&asc_source=web) ($19), [Barnes and Noble](https://www.jdoqocy.com/click-100223669-12366831?sid=dec-CT--&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%2Fw%2Fthe-power-naomi-alderman%2F1125454421%3Fean%3D9780316547604) ($17), and [Bookshop](https://howl.me/cjqvVd8drWb) ($16), where your purchase will support an independent bookstore of your choice.

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The Power on Prime Video release schedule: When is episode 4 out? (Radio Times)

The Power has officially debuted on Prime Video, starring Toni Collette and John Leguizamo. Here's everything you need to know about the release schedule.

For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to [The Radio Times Podcast](https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/podcasts/). Meanwhile, [The Power book is available to buy](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-WINNER-BAILEYS-WOMENS-FICTION/dp/0670919969/?tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1809270) if you want to read ahead. - Episode 9 - Friday 12th May 2023 - Episode 7 - Friday 28th April 2023 The full release schedule for The Power is below. - Episode 8 - Friday 5th May 2023 - Episode 6 - Friday 21st April 2023 - Episode 4 - Friday 7th April 2023 - Episode 5 - Friday 14th April 2023 - Episode 3 - A New Organ - Friday 31st March 2023 - Episode 2 - The World Is on F**king Fire - Friday 31st March 2023 - Episode 1 - A Better Future Is in Your Hands - Friday 31st March 2023

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The Power Cast & Character Guide (Screen Rant)

To keep track of these new and complex characters, here is the cast and characters of The Power so far. Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez.

Jos is interested in a boy, Ryan (Nico Hiraga) when the power arrives, and she leans on one of her classmates to help her understand her new powers. She first truly discovers the power when she tries to defend herself and her mother from a home invasion. Although Bush is relatively new to the industry and is largely known for her role in The Power, she has also recently appeared on Entertainment Tonight. Margot Cleary-Lopez is the mayor of Seattle in The Power when the phenomenon begins to sweep the world. Auli’i Cravalho plays Jos Cleary-Lopez in The Power, the daughter of Margot, and is a quiet girl with a contentious relationship with her mother and her political endeavors. To keep track of these new and complex characters, here is the cast and characters of The Power so far.

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'The Power' Exclusive Preview: Meet Toheeb Jimoh's Tunde Ojo In ... (Yahoo News)

Girls are suddenly equipped with the power to electrocute people in the upcoming Amazon Studios' new series, The Power. The first three episodes will ...

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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Power' On Prime Video, Where Teen Girls ... (Decider)

Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, Auli'i Cravalho, Ria Zmitrowicz and Halle Bush are among a massive cast in the adaptation of Naomi Alderman's novel.

It feels like it’s going to be an exhausting show to watch; for every moment that will be interesting and show the real change in the power dynamics between men and women, there might be two others that will will feel like we’re barely in one story before we rocket to another. It feels like The Power is going to spend the first third of its 9-episode season setting everything up with its many characters before getting into the meat of the story. It feels like, as the women of the planet learn to harness this new power they’ve acquired, and the power dynamics between the genders shifts, these stories might come together a bit. For instance, we get why Allie is escaping her awful situation, but what is leading Jos’s need to run, besides the fact that she’s a typical asshole teenager? And, yes, the idea is that the things that men do to degrade women will finally come to an end because women will have the power. But here, without knowing where the story is going, switching the introductions from the girls affected to a male journalist feels a bit jarring. Our Take: The Power was adapted by Raelle Tucker, Naomi Alderman and Sarah Quintrell from Alderman’s novel of the same name, and the first episode shows the beginnings of a sea change in world society. Not every story introduced is from the perspective of a teen gaining new powers. Back in London, Roxy comes back from the wedding early, drunk and annoyed at her father. She’s surprised when a spark comes through her hands to her keyboard. Opening Shot: A montage of scenes of various women around the world. Six months earlier, Allie Montgomery (Halle Bush) is in a speech therapist’s office with her foster parents, who are concerned that she hasn’t spoken in a long time.

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Britishvolt deal at risk of collapse over power supply contract (Financial Times)

Deadline for Recharge Industries to finalise purchase of site runs into impasse with EY.

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Pedal Power ACT says more protected bike lanes are needed to ... (ABC News)

New details of the next stage of Canberra's light rail include plans for new cycling infrastructure, but Pedal Power ACT says it's not enough.

"We are happy to see from the consultation documents released that the government is building protected cycle lanes around most of the western side of London Circuit and that they are building protected intersections on the corner of London Circuit and Northbourne Avenue and the corner of London Circuit and Commonwealth Drive," he said. Pedal Power executive director Simon Copland said the protected intersections to be introduced as part of light rail stage 2A were a good step in the right direction, with them set to be the first of their kind in Canberra. "In stage 2A of light rail it shows that similar inconsistency, where all of a sudden a cyclist who's been on a protected piece of pathway for maybe a couple of city blocks is all of a sudden then onto the road, and the car that's been driving along next to them all of a sudden has them launched in front of them. About 43 per cent of the Northbourne incidents were attributed to a "side swipe" from a vehicle travelling in the same direction. On September 14 last year, a driver on Northbourne Avenue moved from the middle lane to the left lane without checking their blind spot, causing a car already in the left lane to swerve and hit Ms Pybus' husband. Pedal Power ACT welcomed the announcement stage 2A's design would include the construction of four protected cycleways on major roads, but said the four included in the plans were insufficient.

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The Power review: Amazon explains why society sucks for women (Polygon)

Based on the book, the Power TV series reminds us that life sucks for women... over and over again. Starring Toni Collette, John Leguizamo, ...

Clearly the creators of The Power want the audience to feel just as frustrated as the women in the show. But at a certain point, the show needs to trust that the audience gets what’s going on and knows that the way society treats women is unfair. However, having three episodes of women suffering while the plot crawls slowly to a revelation that the audience basically figures out in the middle of the first episode is excruciating. And it definitely feels like it’s going to do that, because this isn’t a show that is going to leave anything unaddressed. The cast is expansive, showing the different kinds of discrimination that a wide variety of women face. While some shows do admittedly need three episodes to establish lore and world-building, The Power pretty much takes place in a world like our own, save for that particular quirk.

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Britishvolt deal at risk of collapse over power supply contract - FT (Reuters)

Recharge Industries Pty Ltd's attempt to buy the Britishvolt site is at risk of collapsing due to a dispute with administrator EY over a power supply ...

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Recharge Industries bought Britishvolt's intellectual property for 8.6 million pounds ($10.61 million) last month, but is yet to pay the 9.7 million pounds for the land despite passing of the deadline, the FT report added. March 31 (Reuters) - Recharge Industries Pty Ltd's attempt to buy the Britishvolt site is at risk of collapsing due to a dispute with administrator EY over a power supply contract signed by the failed battery startup, the Financial Times

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King Island mine to be diesel-powered for years using repurposed ... (ABC News)

The Dolphin Tungsten Mine is about to reopen on King Island. But instead of being connected to the local grid, it'll be diesel-powered for the next two ...

Minister for Energy and Renewables Guy Barnett said in a statement the plan for Group 6 Metals to provide its own energy solution, rather than rely on a local power connection, was the best way for the mine to restart "in line with the project time frames". "This money is going towards supporting the company in its interim solution, but more importantly it's going to go towards the company implementing a long term, reliable power solution," he said. Operators of a mine on Tasmania's King Island plan to use a multi-million-dollar government grant to lease diesel generators to power the project, despite the money being initially granted to connect the mine to the island's grid.

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I had hoped The Power wouldn't still be relevant to women in 2023 ... (iNews)

Feminist dystopias serve as a warning of the dangers of keeping women oppressed and a shining example of the world we could live in if equality was in ...

[abortion legalised](https://inews.co.uk/news/health/irish-abortion-yes-celebration-158636?ico=in-line_link) in 2018. Feminist dystopias serve as a warning of the dangers of keeping women oppressed and a shining example of the world we could live in if equality was in reach. Spain has launched [an attack on sex work](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/sex-work-laws-around-world-explained-spain-ban-activists-move-1256397?ico=in-line_link). [banned girls from attending high school](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/afghan-girls-banned-high-school-meaning-life-2226538?ico=in-line_link). Even though I know the way the story develops into a warning about the problems of having just women in charge (which, I should make clear, I don’t think is a happy ending), I still can’t help being jolted awake by watching teenage girls find their power. TV producers clambered over themselves to buy the rights in an 11-way auction, and today, six years after it was published, the first three episodes of [The Power](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-power-prime-video-review-crackles-womens-rage-loses-original-books-spark-2242824) premiere on Prime Video. [Naomi Alderman’s The Power](https://inews.co.uk/essentials/naomi-alderman-female-protagonists-tall-slim-effortlessly-elegant-im-short-fat-never-hair-82302?ico=in-line_link) arrived at the perfect time: a new generation of women were tired of being repressed and oppressed by a patriarchal system and finding the strength to do something about it. In the years since I first read The Power, the world has not been kind to women. But then the scales start to tip in the other direction, as a matriarchy forms and begins to seek revenge on not just the men who have kept women under their thumb for centuries, but all men. The series remains relatively faithful to the book, introducing a cast of characters around the world as they discover the electric shocks in women’s fingers. As the world comes to terms with the girls’ powers, patriarchy begins to wobble. I was among them, holding hands with my friends and colleagues as we marched to Trafalgar Square, protesting the inauguration of Donald Trump, the new US president who talked about grabbing women “by the p***y” and who wore his misogyny like a medal.

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As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out (ABC News)

India's government has issued orders for coal and power plants to run at full capacity through this year's summer months.

Jacob said without more storage it will be harder to integrate wind and solar energy into the grid even if new renewable energy projects come up, because of its intermittency. Currently, India has only 3 gigawatts of storage, or enough to serve about 3 million homes for a year. He said India is achieving its climate goals fully and will continue to do so. India is the world’s second-largest country by population, and the third-largest emitter. The government order to keep the coal plants running is an example of a warming planet prompting action that further aggravates climate change. Despite their proximity to the megacity of Kolkata, they lost power almost daily over part of last year’s blistering summer.

Media Statements - Transfer of remote power and water a licence for ... (Media Statements)

Transfer of power and water services in 141 remote Aboriginal communities; Initial $200 million upgrades to essential infrastructure and services, ...

"The previous Liberal-National Federal Government withdrew crucial and long-standing financial supports to Aboriginal remote communities. "Working closely with Horizon Power, the transfer will see Water Corporation commence a long-term program of upgrades to water and wastewater services in the 141 remote Aboriginal communities. The State Government has announced the transfer of responsibility for power and water services in Western Australia's remote Aboriginal communities from the Department of Communities to licensed specialists Water Corporation and Horizon Power.

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West Burton A - the past and the future of power? (BBC News)

One of the last UK coal-fired power stations has closed and could make way for a fusion reactor.

The mentality has changed." This scheme will also secure jobs in the local area for decades to come. "This will be a beacon and it could change the face of this part of the Midlands for decades to come," he says. Prof Freer believes while a target date of 2040 for commercial fusion is "optimistic", West Burton presents a unique opportunity for the UK as a whole, but also the region in particular. "The problem is how to heat and contain the plasma and then how to get useful energy out. - Safety: The fusion process is difficult to start and keep going, so there is no risk of a runaway reaction leading to meltdown. "So it's a question how to meet those demands, and for the scale of demand in the UK, nuclear guarantees very low carbon generation to ensure energy and grid security." So why is the huge West Burton A facility, still apparently of use to the UK's energy supply, being decommissioned - and what will keep the lights on once it is gone? In the event, of the three emergency coal power plants fired up for the cold snap, only West Burton A was used and just for a few hours, on 7 March. West Burton A - the past and the future of power? These stations used to provide up to a quarter of the electricity supply of England and Wales but only one of them - Ratcliffe-on-Soar some 40 miles (65km) to the south - remains operational as last of its kind in England. On Friday, one of the country's last coal-fired power stations - West Burton A - closed for good.

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