The feds can regulate mileage, but the states can regulate smog.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Meet (Elon Musk) the New Boss, Same as the Old
Making the future? Tesla’s CEO has dredged up the anti-union shibboleths of America’s robber-baron past.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Nation’s Youth Demand Action on Climate Change
Dreary weather and constant rain did not stop hundreds from turning out for Saturday’s Youth Climate March in Washington, D.C. The diverse crowd included families from Kansas City, youth who protested the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Reservation, and residents of the Marshall Islands who have seen firsthand how rising sea levels threaten […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Scientists Gear Up for Activism in the Age of Trump?
Last year’s March for Science marked an important milestone for a group that usually keeps a low political profile.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Was Albert Einstein a Racist?
The great scientist was a radical egalitarian—but subject nonetheless to some of the biases of his time.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
‘We Can Change the World. Let Me Show You How.’
A tale of technological utopianism versus movement politics
Posted inAmerica and the World
The EU Leads the Way to Internet Privacy Over Profit
We should be rooting for the success of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
To Bring Drug Prices Down, Trump Proposes — Nothing, Really
Eschewing policies to lower costs here, the president tells drug companies to raise their prices abroad. (We’re not making this up.)
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Sharing the Tech Wealth
Tech jobs tend to cluster geographically. Can we spread the benefits around?
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Catching a Breeze
America’s belated push to develop offshore wind energy
