Environmentalists prepare for a long, hard fight in the age of Trump.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Want Transit? Get It on the Ballot!
A record number of transportation-related ballot initiatives will be before voters this Election Day.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Spectrum Auction Gives Billions to Billionaires
Congress’s rigged auction to reallocate public airwaves from broadcast to broadband service is lining the pockets of telecommunications industry fat cats in a massive taxpayer giveaway.
Posted inLaw and Justice
As License-Plate Tracking Increases, Privacy Advocates Press for More Regulation
The powerful, largely unregulated technology poses significant privacy and civil liberty risks.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Flying into Transportation Disruption
If you thought drones and self-driving cars were a challenge, just think of the mess regulators will face when driverless flying cars arrive on the scene.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Robots, Automation, and a Universal Basic Income
In more and more sectors, companies are pining to make human labor obsolete. What can be done?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Municipalities Dream Big on Broadband
Major internet service providers are on the defensive as smaller communities strategize to take their internet future into their own hands.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
DEA Wins the Battle but Is Losing the War on Marijuana
With a number of states moving toward legalization, stubbornness at the federal level may have little impact.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Report: Warnings about Encryption ‘Back Doors’ Vindicated
The House Homeland Security Committee released a report Wednesday acknowledging what the technology industry has been telling the federal government for more than a year: It’s impossible to give law enforcement a “back door” to encryption technologies without giving bad actors the same access to people’s phones and other devices. The “Going Dark, Going Forward: […]
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Oil Battles Wind on the Great Plains
The wind industry’s rising success in Oklahoma has kicked off a high-dollar lobbying fight by fossil fuels executives determined to regain ground.
