• Smart Region: The Rise Of The Activist University

    Smart Region: The Rise Of The Activist University
    Arizona State University is not a state agency nor a representative of surrounding cities, but it is instrumental in creating a regional scheme to force smart city tech on 4.2 million people and 22 cities in Arizona. ⁃ TN EditorASU is a founding member of a new “smart region initiative” to bring cities and towns together in the Phoenix area together to collaboratively solve challenges and problems using technology.
    As part of this initiative, ASU partnered with the Maricop
  • E-Scooters Still Being Pushed Despite Urban Dweller Resistance

    E-Scooters Still Being Pushed Despite Urban Dweller Resistance
    E-scooters and ride sharing were supposed to help save the planet from global warming. In spite of the fact that both are proving to be ecological disasters, proponents just keep on pushing them anyway.  ⁃ TN EditorWhen they first appeared on the sidewalks of American cities in the fall of 2017 and spring 2018, rentable electric scooters felt as though they’d popped up out of nowhere—in part because they basically had. In cities like Santa Monica, California
  • Full Text of AOC’s Green New Deal

    Full Text of AOC’s Green New Deal
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez felt it necessary to re-read the entire Green New Deal resolution on the House floor because too many Republicans just didn’t understand what it was. Accordingly, she stated, “I have noticed that there’s been an awful lot of misinformation about what is inside this resolution.
    Presenting speculations as facts is a dangerous business. The resolution is predicated on the first four “whereas’ statements, that could have just as easily been
  • A group of people in Adelaide will spend five days reading aloud a major climate report in full

    A group of people in Adelaide will spend five days reading aloud a major climate report in full
    Politicians, scientists, business leaders and artists will take part in the five-day public reading of a more than 500-page landmark climate change report this week.
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