Pay, Baby, Pay
Before the U.S. responds to "drill, baby, drill" campaign rhetoric with more offshore energy exploration, it should revise Reagan-era leasing and royalty rules that cost the Treasury billions.
Browsing Tag
July-August 2009
17 posts
Today’s Threat Level: Yellow, With a Chance of Phlegm
Miller-McCune magazine highlights current research that merits a raised eyebrow or a painful grin.
Everybody Into the … Um, Never Mind
Miller-McCune decides to wade into some recent studies regarding the summer season's most popular yet problematic recreational facilities: swimming pools.
Freeze! You’re Under Examination
Making sure people get health care when they leave prison saves taxpayer money and protects public health. It may even help them stay out of prison.
A Flower Grows in West Africa
Are Liberia's new steel and rubber concessions a sign of reform — or the exception that proves corruption still rules in resource-rich countries?
Germany’s Fine Failure
Feed-in tariffs grow green power but may fall victim to energy politics, German-style.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of eBay
The digital revolution lets antiquities forgers sell their 'replicas' worldwide, unintentionally undermining the black market in looted artifacts.
Solar System
Francisco DeVries invents a financing mechanism that makes rooftop solar affordable in Berkeley and other cities across California.
The Science of Good Government
The Obama administration talks a lot about making policy based on evidence rather than politics. A basic question remains unanswered: Which evidence?