Climate change threatens all industries with storms, wildfires, droughts, heat waves and rising seas, and the energy industry has no special standing. “Together, these risks can lead to power outages, increased electricity prices and increased maintenance, and capital costs – along with damaging...
Climate challenge to power: The Pacific Gas & Electricity utility declares bankruptcy after a devastating wildfire in northern California, and Bangladesh wrestles with power needs and safety concerns as construction begins on its Rooppur...
Plastic sachets are the plastic bags used to package and redistribute bulk supplies of all types of food and other small items. The Philippines, an economy that participates in such repackaging, uses about 60 billion plastic sachets each year, suggests the Global Alliance for Incinerator...
The new coronavirus strikes as the pace of growth for some large economies around the world has slowed or even contracted. That constrains governments’ ability to respond. “This is a supply shock – not a demand shock that can be rectified with monetary stimulus,” explains Stephen Roach, author,...
Globalization muzzled: China’s export machine sputters weakening globalization while streets of some cosmopolitan centers like Shanghai are empty (Source: Reuters)
NEW HAVEN: With financial markets reeling in the face of a global pandemic, fear and...
Iran is limiting provision of family planning services at state-run facilities to counter a decline in population growth. Iran’s median age is 32, slightly higher than the world’s median age of 30. The World Bank reports Iran’s fertility rate at 2.1 children per women, which is replacement level....
New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman criticizes politicians in Washington for their opposition to a proposal to turn management of six US ports over to a state-run Dubai company. In an interview with YaleGlobal editor Nayan Chanda, Friedman argues that a far greater danger...
Keep out, we're American: Friedman says American objection to Dubai company take over is borderline racist. (Photo: Reuters)
NEW HAVEN: A firestorm has broken in Washington over the proposed management takeover of six US ports by a state-run...
Diplomatic talks among Syrian parties sponsored by Russia, Iran and Turkey are underway in Sochi. Turkey’s leadership promoted the notion during the 2011 Arab Spring protests that the country could be a democratic model for other Muslim nations. But the country of 80 million people lacks natural...
Power realignment: Three presidents – Iran's Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meet in Sochi; Russian energy power is displayed with new gas pipeline through Turkey
LONDON: Turkey, a functioning democracy and...
China has transformed since the 1989 crackdown on thousands of protesters in Tiananmen Square who demanded economic, political and social reforms. China’s leaders, initially triumphant about quelling the protests, soon retreated into a disciplined silence, banning public accounts or grieving. “As...
Search for identity: The Chinese government banished the iconic image of the lone man blocking army tanks near Tiananmen Square to erase memory of resistance, top; student leader in Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, prefers building a new identity for Hong...
Google and parent company Alphabet resist being perceived as a global monopoly in need of additional regulation. Regulators around the globe struggle to keep up with the many high-tech firms that both provide an array of information and collect data on user behavior. The European Union fined Google...