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A process designed to make sure a swath of the country has reliable electricity has become an example of how not to manage a complex system during a time of rapid change. PJM Interconnection, the organization that oversees the country’s largest grid region, held its annual “capacity” auction last week to secure the resources needed […]

There was a time when the most dangerous part of Hugo Loss’ job was the grueling rainforest terrain and armed men blasting riverbeds and razing trees for profit.  But Loss, an analyst with Brazil’s elite environmental enforcement agency, learned recently that being effective at his job has made him a target, whether he’s helicoptering into […]