Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Enlargement Issues at NATO’s Bucharest Summit,” March 12, 2008.
“The NATO Summit at Bucharest, 2008,” March 24, 2008.
“Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs: A Summary,” updated January 31, 2008.
“Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers,” March 10, 2008.
We won’t solve the cost-of-living crisis without improving the capacity of state public utility commissions to protect customers, find and implement new solutions to meet rising demand, and realign broken utility incentives.
Public service commissions should require utilities to quantify avoided healthcare costs, reduction in pollution exposure, and improvements in population health alongside traditional metrics.
California just took an important step toward making electric trucks more affordable and easier for businesses to buy.
In 2023 alone, more than 2,300 people died in the United States directly from extreme heat. Expanding access to residential air conditioning could reduce heat-attributable deaths and adult emergency department.