Tag: Inflation
Science Purge Is Part of United States’ Echoing Of Mao’s Cultural Revolution
As Mark Twain is reported to have said, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. Trump 2.0’s actions are very much rhyming, albeit discordantly, and with a dismal period from the past of the United States’ proclaimed great enemy, China. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 and lasting until 1976, … [continued]
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Report slams DTE for “prioritizing profits” over customers
The report examined shutoff data for six U.S. utilities, including DTE. It found that in 2024, the company shut off power to delinquent customers more than 150,000 times.
Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust
Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker set ambitious climate goals for the state. It’s far from meeting them.
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff economics don’t make sense
“I look at the (Donald)Trump administration’s behaviour over the last week and the only word that accurately describes it is: stupid,” New York Times’ David Brooks wrote in a recent column.