Three years ago, after the pandemic had laid bare the world’s vulnerability to supply-chain disruptions, the U.S. government designated a large swath of the periodic table of elements — 50 minerals in all — as […]
Tag: United States Politics and Government
Book Review: ‘What’s Left,’ by Malcolm Harris
WHAT’S LEFT: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis, by Malcolm Harris The political commentator Malcolm Harris would love to offer the world a road map. “I refuse to believe,” he declares in “What’s Left,” his […]
To Fight Federal Job Cuts, Energy Experts and States Try a New Argument
President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda will be undermined by steep cuts to federal agencies that are said to be planned by the Trump administration, scientists, lawmakers and energy executives warned on Monday. Pleas from numerous […]
A Devastating Trade Spat With China Shows Few Signs of Abating
President Trump’s rapidly escalating trade war with China has resulted in eye-watering tariffs on products exchanged between the countries and scrambled prospects for many global businesses that depend on the trade. And there is no […]
Bees Are Under Threat from Climate Change, the Trade War and Doge
Under blue skies, where low-rolling hills rise south of the Canadian border in the tiny town of Adams, N.D., a couple braves the stench of old honey, wax, smoke and bee muck. Nancy and Keith […]
