Energy production is one of the few bright spots in the American economy. A back of the envelope cost-benefit calculation from a Yale-associated group estimates…
A relatively small change to the tax code could make all the difference in renewable energy investments, and while it’s not likely to happen this…
The world order of the 21st century is undergoing a deep transformation as the post-Cold War United States hegemony continues its slow and steady decline.…
From my latest NYT column, here is one excerpt:During the financial crisis, the prices of stocks, homes and other assets all fell, leaving the American…
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Grain sorghum is poised to become the first official advanced biofuel and the next big biofuel investment to watch closely, as the Environmental Protection Agency…
The United States clean energy industry certainly cannot count on Congress these days, but at least it has Ghana.With clean energy momentum stymied on Capitol…
Last week the science community was shocked by the claim that 42% of the sea-level rise of the past decades is due to groundwater pumping…
We face the danger that the euro, the world’s No. 2 reserve currency, could implode. Such an event wouldn’t be just another depreciation or collapse…
It has long been known that characteristics of the Earth’s orbit (its eccentricity, the degree to which it is tilted, and its “wobble”) are slightly…
Let’s say that private gdp is 100 and government spending is 100. Gdp then suddenly goes up to 200, so government spending as a percentage…
To be sure, there are particular small countries which have made serious spending cuts, in the Baltics most of all. But sometimes one hears it…
Could the Indian slowdown be the most important (but still somewhat neglected) story in the world right now? Vikas Bajaj reports: …the country cannot get enough…
Each year in March we experience the annual maximum in Arctic sea ice extent; within a month we will reach the annual maximum in Arctic…
FEMA camps, increasing earthquakes, government intrusion, warrantless searches, global economic collapse, mandated healthcare, RFID tagging, climate change, solar kill shots, terrorist threats, violent social unrest,…
In 2009, the percentage of the planet’s population living in urban areas crossed the 50% threshold…this year the population of the world’s cities will grow…
At least three forces are likely to combine to make the United States an [increasing] export powerhouse.First, artificial intelligence and computing power are the future,…
One claim frequently heard regarding extreme heat waves goes something like this: “Since this heat wave broke the previous record by 5°C, global warming can’t…
Not long ago Paul Krugman wrote: To a first approximation, in other words, the effect of current fiscal policy — whether stimulus or austerity —…