The archive
Culture
Tom Friedman, opinion columnist at the New York Times, recently complained that Trump’s tax bill “quickly phases out tax credits enjoyed by utility-scale solar and wind, as well as electric vehicle tax credits.” Well, yes. That’s the point. Instead of the federal government handing out subsidies and selecting winners and losers, we will allow consumers to drive the energy future.
Science & Tech
Traditional irrigation methods, which often rely on flooding or inefficient sprinklers, can waste enormous amounts of water. Innovative technologies are playing a critical role in conserving water and reducing costs. Smart water management systems, powered by the Internet of Things (IoT), promise to make every drop count by giving farmers real-time data on soil moisture, crop needs, and water use.
Tech
Google recently announced its power purchase agreement with Kairos and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to help meet America’s growing demand for dependable, clean energy. Under a new power purchase agreement between Kairos and TVA, the companies will deploy an advanced nuclear reactor, Hermes 2, in Oak Ridge, TN.
Policy
Last month, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposed rule to overturn the 2009 endangerment finding. The finding, which declared greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare, provided the legal backbone for the federal government to regulate carbon dioxide from cars, trucks, power plants, manufacturing facilities, and more.
Science & Tech
The Palisades Nuclear Plant is located on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, a short two-hour drive from Chicago. It came online in 1971 and was retired in 2022, ranked at the time as the eighth-oldest nuclear plant in the country. Now, the plant is set to restart and make history as the first American nuclear plant to do so.
Science & Tech
Across rural communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, farming has traditionally been a difficult and uncertain livelihood. While working the land will always involve challenges, agricultural technology,…
Culture
Rarely has there been an entrepreneur who dedicated as much of his life to making the world a better place through principled public policy solutions and had such a lasting, positive impact on the world as Edwin J. Feulner, PhD., founder and longtime president of the Heritage Foundation.
Tech
Daily activities such as making coffee, brushing your teeth, doing laundry, and running the dishwasher all have one thing in common: they require water. Unfortunately, this also means they most likely involve significant water waste.
Science & Tech
Recent studies have found that the ocean’s ability to sequester human-caused carbon may be waning. Is there a way to reverse this trend? Marine carbon sequestration startup Gigablue thinks the answer is yes, and the company believes its technology can make it happen.
Tech
Only the U.S. and China have the resources and the researchers to build effective artificial intelligence. That makes this a race for the future that we simply must win.
