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In favor of climate-based stress tests for banks

  “Climate risks to European banks: a new era of stress tests” By Alexander Lehmann, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute   The release of a proposed methodology for assessing climate risks within UK banks and insurers by the Bank of England just before...

Time for U.S. and Canada to join the tech metals race

By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese   What makes your smart phone smart?  How do electric vehicles propel us down the highway?  How does power from the sun and wind reach the light switch in our homes?  Materials scientists know.  So do the technologists that...

Washington Beyond the Headlines: The PRO Act Is a Con

    By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor   What a week…Impeachment…State of the Union (watch it here)…Iowa! Well, no matter how crazy the politicians make us, free market policy people keep working on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world.  Read on for...

Trade Barriers Kill Innovation

      Creating medicine is a complex and expensive business. While U.S. biopharmaceutical companies lead the world in drug development, international trade practices can stem the flow of innovation to new markets, depriving patients in need. Limited market penetration...