As the debacle in Dubai demonstrates, the oil companies and their OPEC allies are the last people we can trust to solve climate change.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inTransportation
The Cybertruck Is the Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Elon Musk enters his Caligula era.
Posted inTransportation
Taking Control of the Vehicle
The National Transportation Safety Board wants to mandate anti-speeding technology. It sounds like a no-brainer, but the opportunities for cybersecurity breaches are greater.
Posted inEconomic Policy
White House to Force Companies to Share Artificial-Intelligence Data
It’s part of the administration’s new framework for regulating AI.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
After Historic Subsidies, Hydrogen Giants Threaten Regulations Could Throttle Industry
A Clinton-era hydrogen company, Plug Power, fights to embed its business model in the tax code.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Metal From Seawater
A startup aims to restore American magnesium production.
Posted inTransportation
Corporate Capture in California
The state DMV went to extreme lengths to shield Waymo from having to release any information about how it obtained permits for self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Has Penetrated the GAO
How the industry is positioned to shape the debate over U.S. industrial policy, and generally lobby for its interests, from within the ‘congressional watchdog’ agency
Posted inWorking in America
Econ Commentators Join TSMC to Declare U.S. Workers’ Premature Defeat
The econ blogosphere hasn’t really checked, but knows in its heart American workers aren’t up to the job.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Amazon’s Quiet Role in the Green Hydrogen Debate
The e-commerce company is a principal member of the trade group lobbying the Treasury Department for looser rules on the emerging fuel.