What’s wrong with the systems we rely on?
Complexity, rigidity, ill-defined goals and patchwork “solutions” all serve to make many of the systems we interact with inefficient, hard to use and bad at meeting our needs.
Bryn
Huxley-Reicher
Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
Bryn Huxley-Reicher is a policy analyst at Frontier Group focusing on issues related to clean energy and the new economy. He has a BA in applied mathematics focused in earth and planetary sciences from Harvard University. Bryn is a crossword enthusiast, a home cook, a sci-fi and fantasy reader and a dog person.
Posts by Bryn Huxley-Reicher
More and better testing would protect us from chemical threats
New methods for testing the toxicity of chemicals could eventually provide better information about how chemicals affect human health, and might also reduce costs, speed up the testing process, and reduce animal suffering and death.
The Buffalo Bill: New York’s $1.2 billion subsidy for the Bills’ new stadium
New York's subsidy for the Buffalo Bills' new stadium is the largest ever. It's also a bad – and unpopular – use of public money.
An opportunity for renewable energy: California offshore wind
Developing just a fraction of California's immense offshore wind resources would be a big step towards achieving the state's climate and energy goals. The California Energy Commission's recent draft report lays the groundwork for the emergence of offshore wind.
The U.S. cut financing for fossil fuel abroad. Now how about at home?
President Biden committed to ending most financing of foreign fossil fuel projects, but real action on climate change will require a transformation of the relationship between the U.S. government and the fossil fuel industry at home.