The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program has gotten off to a bumpy start. Despite the $42.5 billion of funding, not one customer has been connected since the program originated in 2021. BEAD could see a massive overhaul after Donald Trump returns to the Oval ...
President Biden entered the White House waging war on America’s fossil fuel energy industry, and critics say he’s going out the same way. In his final days, he’s issuing edicts designed to restrict investments in domestic energy, including a ban on oil and gas drilling projects in most ...
President-elect Donald Trump is “putting a bit of stick about.” That is a British expression meaning as it sounds to stir up trouble. In sports, like rugby, it means to play more aggressively. In politics, it can mean to stir up trouble for trouble’s sake. Aficionados of British ...
Cyclone Chido struck the island of Mayotte in December, causing significant devastation to the 300,000 residents of the French colony off the East African coast. Although it remains unclear whether climate change is responsible for the event, the storm’s intensity and destruction are directly ...
An unusually unpredictable political landscape hides another imminent danger — our speeding technology race. We are more vulnerable to victimization and exploitation from technology than ever before. A well-thought-out Human Integrity Amendment to the Constitution will help meet the challenge ...
Washington, D.C., got nearly 10 inches of snow recently. That was more than enough to shut down the nation’s capital. Thankfully, all of DC’s lobbyists and politicos stayed safe at home. Their local utility, Pepco—which relies on natural gas and coal for roughly half of its power ...