The Trillion-Gallon Question: What if California’s Dams Fail?
Kwan said that Seven Oaks was one of his first assignments after he joined the Army Corps: He got to see it go from a sketch to a fully operating…
Countries on Front Lines of Climate Change Seek New Lifeline in Paris
An unusual if guarded optimism has descended upon Paris, along with hundreds of world leaders, bankers and climate activists. They have come for a two-day conference billed as the new…
A Basement of Horrors in Seoul, Where Past and Present Collide
The hostel in central Seoul has a lot to recommend it. The rooms are tidy and affordable enough for K-pop fanatics on a budget and families in need of lots…
Belarus Is Fast Becoming a ‘Vassal State’ of Russia
Schools give patriotic lessons and teach students how to assemble rifles, while textbooks have been rewritten to favor Russia’s view of history. Factories produce uniforms for soldiers fighting Ukraine. Summer…
‘The Country Is His Family’: Why Modi and Other Indian Leaders Stay Single
When President Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, take their place on the red carpet at the White House on Thursday to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, there…
Opinion | The India Quandary
Idealism and pragmatism have long made rival claims on American foreign policy, forcing hard choices and sometimes leading to disappointment. There was a moment in the 1990s when the collapse…
Opinion | A Republican Governor Does the Climate Policy Tap Dance
Quick quiz: Which popular governor has been sweet-talking electric vehicle industries and developing E.V. infrastructure in his state, with an eye toward making it “the electric mobility capital of America?”…
Biden Plans Lavish Formal Welcome for Modi as He Seeks to Bolster Ties
President Biden plans to roll out the red carpet on Thursday morning to formally welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India to the White House for a pomp-filled state visit…
Thus We Fall: June Temperature Spike Confirms Dire Climate Change Forecasts | naked capitalism
Yves here. While climate change skeptics might try tired “a single robin does not make a spring” sort of arguments, we’ve seen an awful lot of robins. The latest could…
A Majority Of Americans Are Against Banning Gas Stoves | naked capitalism
Yves here. One of my conservative friends gets extremely agitated on the topic of a gas stove ban. She fulminates that the stereotypical CNN/MSNBC watcher who supports this restriction eats…