PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Project Syndicate)—This week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt highlights the growing consensus that multilateral cooperation is necessary to avert environmental catastrophe. But with geopolitical tensions Read more
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Opinion: Opinion: Biden’s energy policies make Powell’s job controlling inflation tougher
For President Joe Biden, tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gasoline prices RB00, -1.02% —along with pardons for federal marijuana possession convictions and forgiving student debt—was a key midterm election strategy. He Read more
Will midterm elections kill the EV and energy tax breaks just approved?
A shift in the makeup of Congress in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections would mostly involve tougher roadblocks and possible delays for future green energy and climate-change legislation, not a wholesale reversal Read more
Opinion: Supply-side challenges frustrate the Fed and other central bankers
These are tough times for central bankers. As they tighten monetary policy to combat inflation, governments in the U.S., U.K. and EU spend too much, and supply-side problems are becoming Read more
Some 75% of Americans would take a job in solar or EVs, which can pay 21% more
Roughly 75% of Americans like the idea of a well-paying, secure job in what some have billed the green Industrial Revolution — a stronger shift in coming months, years and Read more
Opinion: Wall Street CEOs confirm their allegiance to Beijing
China has been in the news plenty this year. First there was the controversy surrounding Beijing’s hosting of the Winter Olympics. And then the United Nations issued a report confirming China’s “crimes against humanity.” Read more
Inaugural Honeywell survey reveals strong corporate efforts to cut energy waste
Companies are setting aside more budget for energy and environmental sustainability as investors, consumers and boards will only increase their expectations for these efforts. That’s just one of the findings Read more
Opinion: Conservatives in the U.K. and the U.S. must turn away from the populist politics of grievance and return to pro-growth policies
WASHINGTON (Project Syndicate)—The United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is turning the page on self-destructive populism. Meanwhile, the United States continues to wallow in it. If she can navigate Read more
Want that $7,500 EV tax break? Talk to your accountant, not just a car dealer
More generous rewards are here for people eyeing ways to reduce their carbon footprint at home and on the road. Anyone considering electric vehicle purchases, solar panels ICLN, -2.53% or Read more
Why do we trash things that can be fixed? Assert your ‘right to repair.’
When something breaks these days — your watch, the vacuum cleaner, the dreaded wonky computer printer — it is often not cost effective (or even possible) to have it fixed. Read more