In This Issue
-
Commentary
Science, Belief, and Rational Debate
What does science teach us about how to test our ideas about the world around us? How do hypotheses differ from theory, and what does that distinction mean?
-
HRPlanning for Crisis Communications
Does your business have a communications plan to deal with a catastrophe? The lack of one could cost your business its corporate reputation and the value of your shares on the market.
-
Legal & Regulatory
Heritage Foundation: Nuclear Supply Chains Key to Revival
If a nuclear revival is to happen, it will depend on understanding the global nature of the supply chains that support it, argues a U.S. conservative think tank.
-
Commentary
The 100-Nukes Solution
Does the House Republicans’ alternative to the Democratic energy plan—with the GOP’s proposal for 100 new nuclear plants in the next 20 years—pass the straight-faced test? Not even close, and the GOP knows it.
-
Legal & Regulatory
House OKs Grid-Siting Reform, but Only in the West
The bill that the U.S. House passed 219-212 in late June to establish a cap-and-trade regime for control of global warming gases also includes new authority for overriding states on siting power lines. But the new authority only applies to the West.
-
Legal & RegulatoryUranium: A Strange and Fascinating Story
Everything you want to, or should, know about uranium mining and processing is in a new book by Tom Zoellner, not including the terrifying threat of crocodiles in northern Australia.
-
Legal & Regulatory
TREND: The Realities of the Nuclear Renaissance Emerge
Even as hype about the U.S. nuclear renaissance is quieting down—a result of economic woes and unrealistic expectations about political and regulatory developments—some developments remain. As these stories from the nation’s media suggest, the building of new nuclear plants in the U.S. may move ahead at a slower, more measured pace.
-
Supply Chains
Looking for Cash? Look at Inventory
Inventory is expensive. It sucks up, and locks up, cash. How can utility managers save inventory money? Here are some possibilities from experts in inventory management.
-
Commentary
What Do Americans Think About Energy and the Environment?
Most Americans simply don’t have clue about energy and environmental issues, according to a Zogby poll commissioned by the conservative Manhattan Institute.
-
Commentary
Global Warming: It’s a Regional Zero-Sum Game
Why Americans have tuned out global-warming hype, and why they are right to do so.
-
HR
Power to Your People, Right On
Educating a workforce about the concept of business acumen—going beyond financial literacy and developing a true understanding of what it takes for an organization to make money—is the key to producing real, bottom-line results.