New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Flying Cars and Drones Pose Policy Challenges for Managing and Regulating Low-Altitude Airspace, CRS Insight, July 23, 2018
“Duck Boat” Accident Highlights Gap in Regulation, CRS Insight, July 20, 2018
Emergency Department Boarding of Behavioral Health Patients, CRS In Focus, July 19, 2018
Transnational Crime Issues: Human Trafficking, CRS In Focus, July 19, 2018
The U.S. Trade Deficit: An Overview, CRS In Focus, July 18, 2018
U.S.-EU Trade and Economic Issues, CRS In Focus, July 20, 2018
U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Ties: Magnitude and Scope, CRS In Focus, July 20, 2018
Mexico: Evolution of the Mérida Initiative, 2007-2019, CRS In Focus, July 23, 2018
Iran Nuclear Agreement and U.S. Exit, updated July 20, 2018
About 86% of Colorado’s water is used for agriculture, but only about 30-60% of that water actually reaches crops. Conveyance efficiency through canal modernization is a powerful drought resilience and water saving strategy with proven technical feasibility.
“One thing became increasingly clear: AI doesn’t simply introduce a new category of risk. It changes the speed, scale, complexity, and interaction of risks that already exist.”
In an ideal world, we would not have state or federal climate intervention research bans. We would have researchers and institutions that would not shy away from revealing the good, the bad, and the ugly of these technologies and doing so responsibly.
“What excites me is that it’s very tempting to be very discouraged, and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got these archaic institutions that are calcified and you could never change them.’ But I think we’re in the middle of a technological revolution that will upend lots of things, and does provide a window.”