The White House has ordered federal agencies to stop considering the economic damage caused by climate change when writing regulations, except in cases where it is “plainly required” by law. The directive effectively shelves a […]
Tag: United States Politics and Government
Not Just ‘Rare Earths’: U.S. Gets Many Critical Minerals From China
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 […]
Trump Has Mixed Emotions Toward Japan
This month in the White House’s Rose Garden, as he held up a placard showing the global wave of tariffs he wanted to impose, President Trump paused to fondly recall a fallen friend. “The prime […]
How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
Fast-fashion giants like Shein and Temu have been doing booming business in the United States in recent years, in part because of a tariff exemption that’s helped to keep prices low on packages shipped from […]
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 […]
