Economic Isolation
Plus: Socialist real estate, return of the carrier pigeon, and more...
Energy & Environment
Utah Needs More Housing. The Army Corps Shut Down 265 New Homes Because of a Small Ditch.
Despite the Supreme Court's best efforts to rein them in, federal regulators continue to abuse their authority under the Clean Water Act.
Data Centers Are Doing Your Dirty Work for You
Their few defenders often misunderstand their benefits.
Fifth Circuit Rejects Energy Department Direct-to-Final Rule on Home Appliances
While the decision rejects a Biden Administration rule, it could cause trouble for the Trump Administration's efforts to avoid notice-and-comment rulemaking too.
West Virginia Wants To Use Data Centers To Eliminate Its Income Tax
The state's plan to attract large infrastructure projects is full of administrative hurdles and concedes many of the bad arguments made by NIMBY critics.
How Much Does New York Actually Recycle? The N.Y. Comptroller Says the State Doesn't Really Know.
A comptroller audit says New York State's recycling data are unreliable.
The Trump Administration's Hormuz Oil Numbers Don't Add Up
Energy Secretary Chris Wright claims that more oil left the Middle East in a day than before the war. But the industry isn’t buying it—and gas prices are still high.
Klein and Thompson's Abundance Shows Abundant Lack of Introspection
The authors recognize the need to reconsider policies that make it hard to innovate and build, but do not ask why they and their allies were blind to such concerns for so long.
Trump Teased a Deal To Open Hormuz 'Tomorrow.' It's Been a Week.
The war with Iran continues to hold up oil flows from the Persian Gulf, even though it was supposed to be finished many times already.
Trump Administration Will Pay $1.2 Billion To Cancel More Offshore Wind Projects, Calling It 'Common Sense'
German energy company RWE decided "there is no path forward to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future."
Trump Says He Took Venezuela's Oil. Here's What Actually Happened.
Trump put Venezuelan revenues in a secretive bank account overseen by the U.S. government. It's a display of the Treasury's unaccountable power.
Is Environmental Science Less Objective?
An analysis of the use of subjective language in scientific papers.
Greg Abbott Once Called Texas the 'Epicenter' of AI. Now He's Freezing Data Center Construction.
The bipartisan backlash against data centers reaches the Lone Star State.
Blame Game
Plus: Surveillance for babies, using endowments to keep lights on, and more...
Amicus Brief in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County
In the upcoming climate change case the Supreme Court should reject the industry and Trump Administration arguments for preemption-by-penumbra.
Trump Backs Down From Yet Another Empty Threat to Iran
We’re locked in a cycle: The president threatens to resume the war, he claims Iran backed down, and then he gets frustrated with Iran again.
A Bill To Crack Down on Chinese Cars Could Shut Mercedes-Benz Out of American Markets
A new bipartisan bill would ban manufacturers from selling cars in the U.S. if more than 15 percent of shares are Chinese-owned.
Border Agents Can Lie To Search Your Phone, but Wiping Your Own Data Could Land You in Prison
The government is charging Samuel Tunick for telling them a code that would erase all the data on his phone—after they tried to take it on false pretenses.
A Year After the Wildfires, L.A. Homelessness Spikes
Plus: A new lawsuit challenges New York's rent freeze, a study affirms new supply helps everyone, and the battle between data centers and clouded leopards.
The Energy Department Admits the OMB Canceled Grants 'Solely' To Punish Trump's Political Opponents
The episode illustrates the president's routine weaponization of government against his enemies.
California's War on Goats Could Worsen the Wildfire Crisis
Standard minimum wage and overtime laws now apply to the state's goat herders, whose animals clear brush and reduce fire danger. The costs are unsustainable.
Nashville Considers Using Eminent Domain To Stop a Planned Data Center From Irritating Zoo Animals
The Nashville Zoo says the vibrations from next door's planned data center might negatively affect hearing-sensitive animals.
Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Back. Gene Drives Could Stop Them for Good.
Using genetic engineering to drive at least some pest species to extinction is ethical.
Through the Red Sea
Plus: Permits for prayer, a rise in gambling, AOC's world, and more...
Global Hunger Falls From 35% in 1970 to 7.8%
Armed conflict and violence remain the primary drivers of acute food insecurity.
Will Courts Uphold the EPA's Rescission of the "Endangerment Finding"?
The legal arguments put forward by the EPA are weak and unpersuasive, and could undermine the Administration's position in other climate litigation.
Where Can the Data Centers Go?
In a committee hearing yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez complained about data centers' impacts on rural areas and industrial parks.
We've Been Wrong About Nuclear Power
Zion Lights discusses what environmentalists get wrong about nuclear power and why abundant energy is key to human prosperity.
The Iran War Is Back, Sort Of
The U.S.-Iranian peace memorandum has broken down, and violence is slowly ramping back up to a full-on war. Four Americans paid the price this weekend.
Trump's 18-Month Deadline To Cut Electricity Prices in Half Has Arrived. Rates Are Up 18%.
Yet another broken campaign promise.
A Pipeline Company Seized Their Land and Left Them With a $383,000 Bill. What Will the Supreme Court Say?
Leonard Hoffmann and his neighbors in North Dakota went to court to fight for fair market value—as the Constitution promises—after WBI Energy Transmission said it would take their land at a discount.
As the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Hits a 40-Year Low, It's Time To Scrap It
Presidents have repeatedly used the SPR to manipulate markets and shield consumers from the consequences of bad policies.
The 'Nuclear Nightmare' That Was Manufactured by the Media
Despite decades of panic, a new reactor has been approved for the first time in 10 years.
New York Becomes the First State To Ban New Data Centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year moratorium buys time for the state to create a convoluted regulatory regime.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ignores Trump's Order To Revise Radiation Exposure Limits
The agency pretends to loosen scientifically unjustified regulations but does nothing of the sort.
Ohio Cut Red Tape. Now Its Business Sector Is Thriving.
America's most business-friendly states are proof that permitting reform works. Still, they have a bad habit of handing out tax breaks to favored industries.
Washington Promised Puerto Rico $14 Billion To Fix Its Grid. Most of the Money Is Still Stuck.
A new GAO report attributes the delays to onerous regulations and poor coordination among government agencies.
The Sindex: Gas Prices Rose 29% in 2 Months After Trump Went to War With Iran
The Reason Sindex tracks the price of vice: smoking, drinking, snacking, traveling, and more.
Can You Hate the Government and Still Love America?
Plus: World Cup tourists embrace America, the Supreme Court expands gun rights, and Europe's resistance to air conditioning
Europe May Never Be Cool, but It Can Be Air Conditioned
The continent’s political class needs to get over its aversion to life-saving technology.
How Statistics Become Propaganda
Aaron Brown discusses how research gets distorted, why sensational claims spread so quickly, and how to think more critically about the numbers behind the headlines.
Trump Scapegoats Gas Companies for Price Hikes Caused by His Iran War
The president is threatening gas companies and retailers over prices his own Iran policy helped create, while demanding that prices drop to a level the market hasn't seen since 2020.
Trump's Fertilizer Tariff Retreat Is Another Admission That Tariffs Raise Prices
The White House quietly repealed tariffs on Moroccan fertilizer this week.
I Survived Europe's Heat Wave Without AC—No Thanks to Regulation
European countries are stubbornly refusing to adapt to warming weather, with deadly results.
A New Name for ENRD at the Department of Justice
The division will be renamed the "Energy and Natural Resources Division."
Michigan Spent $1.8 Billion and Only Created 602 Jobs
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer promised "generational" investments in her state, but as she leaves office, there's little to show for it.
