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Magazine
The Media’s Risky Love Affair With Leaks
In a hyperpartisan news environment, spilled secrets can destabilize those in power — and those in the press.The news must be factual.
The start of the trail of facts does not matter.
U.S.
G.O.P. Hurries to Slash Oil and Gas Rules, Ending Industries’ 8-Year Wait
Not since the Reagan administration has Washington moved so quickly to nullify so many federal regulations."“For the last several years, whenever Congress would concoct some way to roll back a rule protecting clean air or clean water or undermine the fight against climate change, we always felt confident as we had an adult in charge at the White House,” said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, an environmental group. “Now, what used to be a wish list of the oil and coal and gas industry has become the to-do list for Congress and the White House.”"
The Koch brothers are mistaken.
Carbon extraction is primarily limited by economics.
Profits on fracking and mining went negative.
The energy companies were "losing money on every sale and hoping to make it up on volume".
Science
Finding the Speed of Evolution in a Study of Bird Beaks
Much of the variety in the bills of today’s birds evolved long ago, very quickly, a study found, yet bill evolution didn’t slow down over time.There is a presumption of progress in this work that is not justified.
The rate of evolution is meaningless.
It is set by the lengths of generations and the mutation rate
working against "natural selection".
Business Day
With Steady Gains in Economic Outlook, Fed Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged
In its first meeting since President Trump took office, the Federal Reserve said that the nation’s slow-and-steady economic expansion had continued.Janet Yellen does not agree with Binyamin Appelbaum.
If there were significant inflation the funds rate would rise.
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