Economy

From Reuters* (Biden to name Fed’s Lael Brainard as top economic adviser):  U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to name Federal Reserve…

Hotelling’s Rule is a theory of nonrenewable natural resources that says that prices of such resources will rise at the rise of…

From NPR on February 8th (Residents can return home after crews burned chemicals in derailed tanker cars): “About 50 cars, including 10…

From NOAA Research News (One facility makes a big contribution to Salt Lake’s winter brown cloud): The 2.4 million people who live…

The US government did not shut down in FY 2023. That is immensely unremarkable… But, I had a social media memory pop…

From the inbox: Dear Dr.,   We hope this email finds you well. While browsing the internet, we came across your research…

Here is the link: https://aere.memberclicks.net/conference—sea. The deadline is the end of February.  For the first time since 2006 I’m not chairing the…

From the WSJ (Investors Plow Into Renewables, but Projects Aren’t Getting Built):  Even as developers plan an unprecedented number of grid-scale wind…

“Dr. Peter Gleick is a leading scientist, innovator, and communicator on global water and climate issues.” He is also a frequent Tweeter…

I just learned that Jack Knetsch died back in August. Here is the obituary from Simon Fraser University: Jack was a Professor…