FAA Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System
The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights Wednesday morning after a system to alert pilots to safety issues went down, just two weeks after a major Southwest Airlines meltdown.
As Infrastructure Money Lands, the Job Dividends Begin
Trillions of dollars in government spending will profoundly affect the labor market, but in ways hard to measure, and mostly under the surface.
Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere
The tech giant had already remade the virtual world. For a brief period, it also tried to make it easier for people in the Bay Area to get to work. Then it gave up.
Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?
With billions of dollars available to improve transportation infrastructure, states have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion. But some habits are hard to break.
Battered and Strained by War, Ukraine’s Economy Adapts to Survive
After 10 months of Russian destruction, Ukraine’s economy shrank by 30 percent. But companies have packed up and moved, switched products and found support abroad.
Biden Promotes Bipartisan Victories as Divisions Roil the Republican Party
The president, who has said he intends to run for re-election, will travel to Kentucky to emphasize that he is determined to reach across the aisle.
Quarterly Coal Report (QCR)âThird-Quarter 2022
(Tue, 03 Jan 2023) U.S. coal production during the third quarter of 2022 totaled 154.3 million short tons (MMst), which was 5.9% higher than the previous quarter and 4.0% higher than the third quarter of 2021. Third-quarter 2022 U.S. coal exports (20.7 MMst) decreased 9.8% from the second-quarter 2022 level and increased 0.7% from the third-quarter 2021 level. U.S. coal imports in the third quarter of 2022 totaled 2.0 MMst. All data for 2021 and previous years are final. All data for 2022 are preliminary.
Biden Caps Two Years of Action on the Economy, With New Challenges Ahead
The president used a slim congressional majority to enact legislation that could reshape the American economy — if his administration can make the laws succeed.
Russian Missile Attack Overwhelms Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Cruise missiles and exploding drones from Iran swept across the skies of Ukraine, wreaking havoc and once again knocking out power.
El año del comienzo de una transición verde
Cuando en una década hagamos una retrospectiva, quizá descubramos que 2022 fue un punto de inflexión para las energías limpias.