the-rise-of-a-european-restrainer

Restrainers in the West have found themselves homeless. President Traitor 47’s catastrophic decision to launch a war against Iran has displaced the non-interventionist voices on the American right. In Europe, meanwhile, the bland Atlanticist centrism and, worse, the aggressive moralism represented by the German Greens, has accentuated the perceptions of hypocrisy and double standards: determinedContinue Reading

a-bill-that-would-make-joseph-mccarthy-blush

Republicans are at it again, and it’s hard to overstate how chilling this is and what it tells you about the direction people in this party want to take America. Texas Rep. Chip Roy is preparing to introduce legislation he’s calling the “MAMDANI Act,” named after Zohran Mamdani, the recently electedContinue Reading

3-questions:-communicating-about-climate,-in-audio-and-beyond

Since her first journalism fellowship covering energy and the environment at the NPR station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Madison Goldberg has been drawn to science communication and audio storytelling. Now, after reporting on topics from solar storms to sewer systems to cryptography, she’s bringing her passions to MIT as the newContinue Reading

Inside the Race to Control the World’s Lithium Supply

The world is ramping up its lithium production in a bid to meet the growing global demand for critical minerals, being driven by renewable energy deployment and the higher uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and other electronics. Lithium production from mining increased from 31,500 metric tonnes in 2015 to 82,500 tonnes in 2020 and 290,000Continue Reading