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March 1, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and electric vehicle charging stationeconomics
March 1, 2024
Where To Find the Most EVs

Comparing the new electric vehicle purchases globally, we can see the contrasting role of incentives in Norway and the U.S.

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February 28, 2024
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February 28, 2024
How Bitcoin Electricity Is Like AI Water

Hidden and easily ignored because of our technological excitement about Bitcoin and AI, their resource depletion needs to be recognized.

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February 11, 2024
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February 11, 2024
Why Measuring a Mountain Is Like Quantifying Climate Change

Seemingly simple as a 1.5°C temperature we do not want to exceed, global warming metrics can be much more complicated.

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January 10, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and losing an island
January 10, 2024
How To Prevent an Island From Disappearing

When we plan on losing an island to climate change, we can select an alternative that will forever preserve it.

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December 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023
How a Nestle Crunch Can Help a Brazilian Rainforest

Questioning their effectiveness, firms like Gucci and Nestle are concerned that their carbon offsets might have been miscalculated.

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December 1, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup andcost of climate policy
December 1, 2023
How Cost Can Change Climate Policy

With COP28 having begun, we can ask if the delegates are comparing marginal decisions about the cost of climate policy to its benefits.

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November 9, 2023
eekly Economic News Roundup and cost of fast fashion
November 9, 2023
The High Cost of Cheap Fast Fashion

Ultracheap, the cost of fast fashion is rather high on the supply and demand sides of the market when we look beyond money.

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October 1, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil facts
October 1, 2023
Why Norway Needs a Floating Wind Turbine

Norway's stat-of-the-art gargantuan floating wind turbines will let them use wind power in many surprising ways.

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September 19, 2023
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September 19, 2023
Why We Want to Overfish

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September 1, 2023
Economic news roundup and Catastrophe Bonds
September 1, 2023
The Most Destructive Weather Events

Idalia reminds us that the cost of hurricanes for storms with the letter "I" has been especially deadly and destructive.

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August 30, 2023
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August 30, 2023
The Shift in Recycling That No One Knew About

As a seemingly virtuous activity with a hidden downside, the impact of recycling is not what many of us expect.

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August 30, 2023
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August 30, 2023
Why It’s Not Easy to Use Less of the Colorado River

Complicated by centuries of obligations, and conflicts between cities and farmers, Colorado River problems are tough to solve.

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