Issue 111 March 15th 2021

Blog/Commentary

Opinion: Buyer beware: What’s really in your ‘earth-friendly’ ESG fund? - MarketWatch

My latest commentary in MarketWatch

Politics

What Is H.R. 1? A layman’s guide to understanding what the For the People Act is and why America needs it - The Bulwark

Alternative Energy

In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise - Yale E360

Media

He got Facebook hooked on AI. Now he can't fix its misinformation addiction | MIT Technology Review

Carl Hiaasen looks back and ahead in his final column | Miami Herald

Health/Biotech

Covid-19's Death Toll Compared to Other Things that Kill Us - Bloomberg

Environment

UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting | United Nations

A Struggling California Marsh Gets an Overhaul to Prepare for Rising Seas | Audubon

Culture

Bitcoin is a mouth hungry for fossil fuels – Ketan Joshi

Four-Day Work Week Gains Popularity Around the World - Bloomberg

A Drone Went Bowling. Hollywood Noticed - The New York Times

You are not the person you were before the pandemic