Electric Vehicle Revolution Stalls, Leaving Metal Markets in Limbo
Another sober take on near and perhaps intermediate-term electric vehicle prospects.
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Climate Change and Hard Labor: The Rising Toll on Outdoor Workers
Governments and employers are slow to adapt to the risk to workers of higher outdoor temperatures.
Read more...Uncovering Dark Oxygen: Deep-Sea Discovery Challenges Scientific Assumptions
Yves here. We linked to reports of the discovery of so-called dark oxygen, but we did not realize that this finding could argue for restricting deep sea mining. By Felicity Bradstock, a freelance writer specializing in energy and finance. Originally published at OilPrice Potato-shaped metallic nodules deep under the Pacific Ocean produce oxygen in complete […]
Read more...How Kamala Harris Sold Out Struggling Homeowners to Save Banks in 2012 and Then Lied About It
Kamala is under scrutiny for policy flip-flops. Even worse is her lying about the badge of shame known as the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement.
Read more...CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns
A discussion of the regulatory and behavioral issues that helped produce the Crowdstrike 404.
Read more...To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
Building on the promise of Medicare means taking on the private-sector enriching, skimpy “Medicare Advantage” program
Read more...U.S. is Facing a Major Energy Crunch Due to AI’s Insatiable Demand
A proposed Department of Energy initiative show the US is unserious about either curbing AI energy demand or managing the impact on the grid
Read more...AI Financial Crises
Yes, Virginia, AI, like older forms of automated trading, has a nasty propensity to cause crises.
Read more...Net-Zero Ambitions Hit Major Roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US
The projected failure to meet insufficiently ambitious climate change goals like net zero should come as no surprise.
Read more...The Global Semiconductor Talent Crunch: How Protectionism Backfired
Oopsie! US semiconductor protectionism looks to have reduced the size of the pool of needed workers and experts.
Read more...Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw
A recent report from Pitchbook commits data crimes in attempting to depict private equity management of healthcare companies as benign.
Read more...‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing
The FTC targets surveillance pricing, which is privacy-risking data harvesting used to charge higher prices.
Read more...Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
Read more...Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
Persistent political and public health failures expose us to pandemics, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.
Read more...How Big Pharma Preys on Poor Countries – and Patients Pay the Price
New investigation reveals unequal access to life-saving meds across Europe thanks to Big Pharma system that favors the rich
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