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Shutting Out Natural Gas Can Destabilize the Electric Grid
By Llewellyn King It has been an annus horribilis for the nation’s electric utility companies. Deadly storms and wildfires have left hundreds of thousands — and for short periods millions…
Read MoreThe Social Scolds Are Set To Take Up Global Warming
The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives humanity a simple directive: Get a grip on greenhouse gas emissions or the dear old planet…
Read MoreTricky Recovery as Western Drought Looms Over Summer
After the long, dark night of the pandemic, many are predicting a rosy dawn followed by a bright summer day. The feeling is that we, the people, have borne the…
Read MoreGovernment Purchasing: Sustainability’s Best-Kept Secret?
By Mary Hoff Archimedes once observed that with a long enough lever he could move the world. In the case of moving the world to a more sustainable place, government…
Read MoreHow China’s Rare Earths Monopoly Controls Our Destiny
A world commodities rebalancing is underway, and China is in a position of dominance. Take lithium, where China is a major processor and battery manufacturer; cobalt, where China has dominated…
Read MoreHow COVID-19 Points the Way to Faster Medicines in the Future
This is the month when the national spirit should start to lift: COVID-19 vaccines could be administered by mid-December. While we won’t reach the summit of a mighty mountain this…
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