The Pope and the AI Profiteers by Antara Haldar
Innovation Jun 5, 2026 Antara Haldar In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV rightly rejects the idea that markets alone…
AI Must Not Encroach on Human Dignity by Michael R. Strain
In a world captivated by technological advances, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical seeks to shift attention away from the marvels…
Father of Modern Solar Approaches the Next Frontier
Out on a patch of land near Sydney’s northern beaches, a new generation of solar panels are sitting out in…
The Living Ghosts of Violent Radicalism
Following World War II, the most militant student movements emerged in the former Axis powers as a way to cope…
Using AI to Test Policy Language by Monica de Bolle
Policymakers have long understood that language affects economic behavior, but until recently, there were few tools capable of systematically analyzing…
Volunteers aim to document every species in the Smoky Mountains
A gentle shower fell as four people in rain gear made their way deep into a spruce-fir forest high in…
Transforming Captured Carbon Emissions Into Valuable Products With Clean Tech
Carbon capture is an important climate change mitigation strategy, but it faces technological barriers and can be energy-intensive and expensive.…
Europe’s Competitiveness Bogeyman by Daniel Gros
Economics Jun 4, 2026 Daniel Gros Calls for European leaders to protect domestic industry from “unfairly” subsidized Chinese competition have…
Iberdrola’s Neoenergia, Carbon2Nature Secure $16 Million To Restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Neoenergia secured €14.8 million, about $16 million, from BNDES to support the Muçununga Project in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. The first…
Putting American Science on a MAGA Leash by Stephen Holmes
A draft rule from US President Donald Trump’s White House Office of Management and Budget would subject all scientific research…
How Measles Came Roaring Back by M. Niaz Asadullah & Zia Sadique
Bangladesh is facing soaring measles cases not because of a single localized failure, but because of years of systemic erosion.…
The Pope’s AI Vision and Its Limits by Peter Singer
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI is clear-eyed about the limits of techno-utopianism. But its vision of technology directed toward…
The Iran War Is Fueling a Global Debt Shock by Moussa Faki Mahamat
Once again, a global crisis is disproportionately burdening countries that did not cause it. Across the Global South, the food-…
A Pennsylvania town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it
When Trish Leigey’s taps started running brown and foul in late 2019, she had an uneasy suspicion about what was…
Democracy vs. Data Centers by Angela Huyue Zhang
As tech companies race to build data centers, communities and lawmakers across the United States are pushing back. Industry leaders…
The Right Incentives for Climate Action by Paula Carvalho Pereda
As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global oil and gas flows, countries are increasingly focusing…
Deloitte Appoints Smruti Naik-Jones as Chief Sustainability Officer
Smruti Naik-Jones becomes Chief Sustainability Officer for Deloitte EMEA, covering more than 80 countries across Europe, the Middle East and…
Mitsubishi, Tencent, WWF unite to spur carbon credit buying in Asia
Asked to name a company with an ambitious climate program, even sustainability veterans would likely choose one from North America…
The US and India Have Become Regional Rivals by Brahma Chellaney
While the US views India as a counterweight to China in Asia, it balks at the idea of Indian regional…
This new symbol indicates a bottle, cup or container is reusable
An international coalition of businesses, governments, nonprofits, designers and packaging companies has introduced a universal identification symbol for reusable containers…