Recent Posts

We need a Green Marshall Plan, not a Green New Deal

At the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya this past week, experts and officials from around the world debated how to come up with the investment and innovation needed for countries to grow without dooming the planet. National leaders, NGOs and others discussed, among other things, how to create more “sustainable patterns of consumption and production.” What really struck ...

Read More »

FAA let pressure overcome principles on decision of 737

Public pressure is not a good reason for government to pull an aircraft out of service. Have we learned nothing from past panics? After an Ethiopian Airlines crash killed 157 passengers on March 10, and a Lion Air crash killed 189 last fall, the Trump administration issued an executive order to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 ...

Read More »

Tesla’s new model Y raises a whole bunch of Qs

You had to be there. To really see Tesla Inc.’s new Model Y, that is. Those catching the livestream of the unveiling of company’s compact SUV got a relatively brief look at the Y. Much of the event was taken up with something like a greatest-hits rundown of Tesla’s previous vehicles, both real and promised. CEO Elon Musk poked at ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend