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The muddled science of MAHA
Don't count on RFK Jr. to make Make America Healthy Again
Aug 31
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Will Bates
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July 2025
Rolls-Royce's small modular reactor
Could the UK company once famous for a luxury car now hold the keys to the SMR conundrum?
Jul 30
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Will Bates
12
June 2025
The first official Spanish blackout report
It tries, but can't hide, that renewables were to blame.
Jun 20
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Will Bates
5
May 2025
Fragile grids
The exact cause of the Spanish blackout doesn't matter
May 20
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Will Bates
12
April 2025
Sleuthing Spanish Solar
Monday's blackout was an accident waiting to happen
Apr 30
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Will Bates
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Coal 2025
The 'War on Coal' was all but over. And then…
Apr 10
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Will Bates
4
February 2025
CO₂ goes into rehab
'Dangerous pollutant' for the EPA no more?
Feb 24
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Will Bates
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January 2025
A smog of ineptitude still hovers over L.A.
Some unanswered questions about the fires
Jan 20
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Will Bates
6
The Fire This Time
A few quick thoughts about Los Angeles
Jan 10
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Will Bates
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The strange economics of solar
The market has a message for California: Enough, already!
Jan 3
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Will Bates
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November 2024
Hamilton's Start-Up
Inventing industrial policy.
Nov 9, 2024
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Will Bates
1
August 2024
Semiconductor Chinoiseries
Part 1. Trade wars are hard to win
Aug 29, 2024
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Will Bates
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