Warming Oceans, A Hot Year And ‘Elite’ Beliefs

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at whether urbanists should embrace robotaxis and how the Middle East war may impact the renewable energy transition

Trump Hates Offshore Wind. Republicans Don’t

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a Google spinout using AI to create better batteries and MIT’s Kate Brown on the environmental impact of grassy lawns

Trump’s New Pharmaceutical Tariffs Will Hit Small Drugmakers Hardest

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the first robotic cataract surgeries in humans, the underbelly of marketing compounded GLP-1s, and more.

A Move To Crack Down On Microplastics

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a cheaper, safer form of nuclear power and a billion-dollar deal to get nickel and lithium from battery waste

Amazon hits sellers with ‘fuel surcharge’ as Iran war roils global energy markets

The e-commerce giant called the surcharge “temporary” but couldn’t give a date for when the policy would be retired.

GM idles Factory Zero again, lays off 1,300 EV workers for a month
GM idles Factory Zero again, lays off 1,300 EV workers for a month

General Motors has shut down production at Factory Zero in Detroit for the second time in less than three months, temporarily laying off 1,300 workers. The plant won’t restart until mid-April.

The idling, which began on March 16, marks the latest in…

Can Surging Gas Prices Reverse U.S. EV Sales Slump?

This week’s newsletter also looks at why the world may be on the verge of a bigger oil shock than in 1973 and investor Tom Steyer’s plan to cut California energy prices

Under Trump, NIH Funding Opportunity Notices Dropped From 787 To 84

Even though the U.S. Congress gave the National Institutes of Health budget a modest increase, the Trump administration may be using other ways to cut the NIH budget.

Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga

A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.

A Push To Revive Clean Energy Incentives

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a look-alike Chinese rival to Tesla’s electric Semi and facing U.S. and global water challenges