Chevron Launching Layoffs in April
Some employees will be offered temporary assignments, with extended layoff dates potentially through the end of this year. Chevron Corp. will be launching a round of layoffs beginning April 6 Continue Reading
Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Over Lightbulb Energy Standards
Environmental groups led by the Natural Resources Defense Council sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to keep energy-efficiency requirements for household incandescent lightbulbs at their current level. Continue Reading
Port of Los Angeles Sees Coronavirus Impact Sharply Reducing Imports
As Chinese business shutdowns extended past the traditional Lunar New Year holiday into February, and workers stayed home from factories and ports, “it became pretty clear…that we were looking at Continue Reading
C.D.C. Officials Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks in the U.S.
Federal health officials starkly warned on Tuesday that the new coronavirus will almost certainly spread in the United States, and that hospitals, businesses and schools should begin making preparations. “It’s Continue Reading
To Save Louisiana’s Vanishing Coast, Build a Mini Mississippi Near Boston
We were standing on the levee of the Mississippi River, about an hour west of Boston. Of course, the actual Mississippi River is a half-continent away. We were in fact Continue Reading
White House struggles to contain public alarm over coronavirus
White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters in December. (Evan Vucci/AP) Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told The Washington Post late Monday that investors should Continue Reading
Shale Decline Inevitable As Oil Prices Crash
The U.S. shale industry continues to show signs of slowing down, with production declining in major shale basins outside of the Permian. Financing stress has plagued the shale sector for Continue Reading
Climate activists say JPMorgan Chase’s fossil fuel loan restrictions don’t go far enough
The world’s biggest lender to fossil fuel projects just took a baby step toward curbing that investment. Yet for climate activists, JPMorgan Chase’s new restrictions on loans to coal mining, Continue Reading
Under Russia, Crimea’s Future Grows Dimmer — and Drier
An irrigation canal in Crimea runs dry without access to the North Crimean Canal. Russia’s annexation in 2014 has since severed the peninsula’s access to crucial Ukrainian water flows. View Continue Reading
Patents Secured for Revolutionary Nuclear Fusion Technology
Could the key to nuclear fusion be a low-temperature reactor with no radioactive fuel or waste? In HB11s reactor, lasers collide hydrogen and boron together to generate charged helium atoms. Continue Reading