Commentary — Solar’s Bright Future Faces a Cloudy Reality: What About All the Waste?
"With the pressures of climate change and the urgency to incorporate alternative energy resources like wind and solar, the…
January 18, 2022 5531 Results
Solar’s Bright Future Faces a Cloudy Reality: What About All the Waste?
Recycling solar panels is an expensive, complicated and energy-intensive process, writes energy fellow Rachel Meidl. But…
January 12, 2022 
Hotez: A COVID Vaccine for All
As the world faces the latest wave of COVID-19, a vaccine produced by health fellow Peter Hotez and his colleague Maria…
January 6, 2022 
Biden’s Foreign Policy: One Year In
President Biden's foreign policy is colored by both decisiveness and a realism that falls short of his idealism, with a…
January 4, 2022 
Emerging Human Embryo Research Technologies, the 14-day Rule, and the Special Status of the Embryo
The authors examine a proposal for new human embryo and embryoid guidelines, writing that before conducting any research…
December 21, 2021 
A Presidential Election During the Time of COVID-19
Held virtually across three days in December 2020, the Presidential Elections Program's third conference — "A Presidential…
December 20, 2021 
U.S.-China Competition Enters the Decade of Maximum Danger: Policy Ideas to Avoid Losing the 2020s
As China’s power reaches its peak over the next decade, President Xi Jinping may make a bold move against Taiwan. To protect…
December 20, 2021 
What the New U.S.-Mexico Deal Means for Drug Policy
This October the U.S. and Mexico agreed on a new bilateral security program, but "unless the United States and Mexico pursue…
December 16, 2021 
Science Tikkun: Science for Humanity in an Age of Aggression
"The framework of science tikkun — repairing the world through science and global scientific cooperation — offers a path for…
December 15, 2021 
Oil in the Energy Transition: The Role of Oil in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook Scenarios December 14, 2021
At this kick-off event, the Baker Institute launched an initiative that explores and seeks to understand the role of oil in…