3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (373+ words) Canada and the U.S. do far too little fuels treatment to prevent the fires. Most of the smoke came from Canada, where about 900 wildfires were burning by Friday. Over 100 were burning in northwestern Ontario alone. Fires are also raging in northern…...

4+ day, 38+ min ago   (152+ words) Notes on a visit to Deadhorse, north of the Arctic Circle It’s past midnight in June, 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle. After a month or two back home in Anchorage, he returns. “In the summertime you go pretty much…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (458+ words) A year and a half on, the policy failures are compounding the disaster’s effects. In the months after the fires, many anticipated a construction boom. Mayor Karen Bass promised to streamline permit reviews, while Governor Gavin Newsom suspended some regulatory…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (454+ words) Boulder County’s case against energy companies is an affront to federalism. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether granola jurisdictions like Boulder, Colorado, can export their energy preferences nationwide. The answer should be an easy “no”—I bet only Justice…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (638+ words) Will the state’s efforts be enough? Today, we’re looking at Utah’s evaporating Great Salt Lake, Harvard’s grade-inflation reform, California’s disastrous SOMAH program, and the real reason parolees wind up back in prison. Write to us at [email protected] with questions or…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (493+ words) An ambitious effort is underway to refill the evaporating lake, the foundation on which the northern part of the state was built. The lake’s importance extends further still. Minerals extracted from it supply potassium sulfate fertilizer for high-value organic crops…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (426+ words) California’s cap-and-trade program is a slush fund. Today, we’re looking at a dubious weatherization program in California, changes to the Nation’s Report Card, foster care’s “kin-first” culture, and the destructive criminal-justice policies of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fairfax, Virginia. Write…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (424+ words) The state’s cap-and-trade program is a slush fund for ideological programs, including $49 million for farmworker “weatherization.” California is spending millions of dollars on a program that provides free solar panels, refrigerators, and windows to “low-income” farmworkers, including illegal immigrants. The…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (246+ words) New guidance risks blurring the line between scientific proof and policy advocacy. Just as celebrated scientists have long taught, this is the methodology that “distinguishes science from other fields of human inquiry,” the justices wrote. The first three versions of…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (550+ words) Lawsuits are relying on junk science. Today, we’re looking at climate-change lawsuits, how California Governor Gavin Newsom enabled the migrant crisis, abuse of women at a Massachusetts prison, and Mississippi’s education turnaround. Write to us at [email protected] with questions or…...