Meet the Xi Jinping Loyalist Now Overseeing China’s Economy
He Lifeng’s long career in government has spanned the extremes of China’s approach, from the early embrace of small business in the 1980s to today’s tighter state control.
As Zelensky Visits Kherson, World Bank Says Ukraine Needs $411 Billion to Rebuild
The bank released a significantly higher figure as European Union leaders approved plans to provide Kyiv with one million artillery shells over the next 12 months.
A Broken Pipe in Jackson Left Residents Without Drinking Water
As a water shortage ballooned into a crisis in Jackson, Miss., the leak grew bigger and bigger, gouging out a swimming pool-size crater in the earth.
Why Are Public Restrooms Still So Rare?
Cities in the U.S. and elsewhere have made strides, but challenges remain.
Biden Warns That Climate Change Could Upend Federal Spending Programs
A chapter in the new Economic Report of the President focuses on the growing risks to people and businesses from rising temperatures, and the government’s role in adapting to them.
Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse Makes Everyone Look Terrible
Banking is a critical form of public infrastructure that we pretend is a private act of risk management,
How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?
The world wants to have it both ways on fossil fuels
6 Cities on 5 Continents That Are Reimagining Urban Life
What we can learn from creative city initiatives, from Sydney to Paris.
Issues in Focus: Inflation Reduction Act Cases in the AEO2023
(Thu, 16 Mar 2023) <p>We present alternative cases to the <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2023</em> (AEO2023) that vary the level of tax credits clean energy projects qualify for under the IRA. The IRA offers a base investment and production tax credit that can be increased if projects are domestically produced, meet labor requirements, or are located in energy communities (former brownfield sites, areas with above-average unemployment rates, or areas that rely on fossil fuel industries for employment or tax revenue).</p>
30-Minute Trip to La Guardia? Forget About It.
The AirTrain to the airport, a pet project of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was killed after its projected cost spiraled.