Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Real Energy Transition Costs Could Spell Danger for EU

The EU is belatedly confronting the costs of their much-touted energy transition. Pols and voters are balking at the bill.

The Energy Transition: Technology Versus Political Backlash

A look at some of the reasons why the energy transition is running behind schedule.

A World Without Insurance: A Climate-Future Look at Property Values

Home insurance will become catastrophically expensive and may even vanish in some parts of the US. What happens then?

“Ensh*ttification”: A General Theory for the Life Cycle of the Firm?

“It is the people that distinguish one company from another.”

Book Review: Confronting the Slow Calamity of Climate Migration

In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten details how global warming could displace millions of Americans.

NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law

The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take worker’s tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income.

Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies

Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?

Of Life and Lithium

A look at the implications of demand for lithium thanks to plans to increase electric vehicle sales.

Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions

Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.

A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

Carbon stored underground could leak through old wells. How regulators plan to handle that is under scrutiny.

Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car

The US is using complicated and limited-in-practical-effect programs to increase electric car sales rather than allow in cheap Chinese models

“The Algorithm Told Me to Do It”: More Price Fixing in US Rental Market

Arizona and another class action join lawsuit parade against price-setting software companies and property managers, North Carolina AG investigating.

Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission

Health industry employee objections have forced the CDC to rethink its weak guidance on aerosol transmission, but experts are not optimistic.

Experts: Negotiating Big Pharma’s Prices Won’t Stifle Innovation—They Don’t Use the Money to Innovate!

Physician-scientist Fred Ledley and economist William Lazonick debunk Big Pharma arguments against Medicare drug price negotiation

Ultra-Processed People in an Ultra-Processed World

The scientific, health, and political debate over the true cost of ultra–processed has just gone mainstream….which is late.