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Book Review: The Unraveling of California’s Power Grid September 30, 2022
Journalist Katherine Blunt’s “California Burning” explores the long, checkered history of Pacific Gas and Electric, and the utility’s role in making the state vulnerable to climate-fueled wildfires over the years. The book is a blueprint for all the ways investor-owned utilities can fail their customers.
Emily Cataneo
The Private Market Is No Place for Covid-19 Countermeasures September 29, 2022
Given the long-standing disparities inherent in our nation’s commercialized health care system, why should anyone believe that Covid care will be any different? Can any public health crisis really be addressed if left solely to the empirically evident maladies of America’s healthcare marketplace?
Jag Bhalla
Bucking Convention to Track the Upside of Invasive Species September 28, 2022
Biologists have long warned of the dire consequences of introducing alien organisms into new ecosystems. A new method for classifying positive effects of invasive species may mark a shift toward a more holistic approach — and one that many say could have serious implications for research and management.
Asher Elbein