The omission of water vapor in the basket of regulated greenhouse gases is the weakest part of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, as it is totally inconsistent with EPA’s arguments about…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | February 17, 2026
Prospective settlements in several lawsuits blaming conversational chatbots for causing minors to kill themselves aren’t likely to stop related claims from proceeding, with multiple forces driving litigation and settlements failing…
By Clay Calvert | February 17, 2026
Well-intentioned but costly climate mitigation policies risk deepening the challenges faced by the world’s poor.
By Roger Pielke Jr. | February 14, 2026
For now, states appear to be moving cautiously, targeting obvious problems, and signaling attentiveness to constituents without overcommitting to rules they may soon regret. Whether that balance holds as AI…
By Mark Jamison | Fátima Palacios Figueroa | February 13, 2026
Innovations in drone technology have expanded their usefulness and made drones increasingly present in everyday life. Despite this progress, key limitations such as short battery life and limited payload capacity…
| February 12, 2026
As AI agents become more capable, policy should aim less at picking winners in terms of protocol and more at preserving the conditions for open experimentation.
By Will Rinehart | February 12, 2026
You may have heard that the Supreme Court has agreed to take up an interesting Fourth Amendment case. Chatrie v. United States will examine whether the execution of a geofence…
By Jim Harper | February 11, 2026
Well-intentioned but costly climate mitigation policies risk deepening the challenges faced by the world’s poor.
By Roger Pielke Jr. | February 10, 2026
A federal judge’s December ruling in NetChoice v. Griffin bars Arkansas from enforcing part of a new law that restricts the First Amendment rights of both social media users and…
By Clay Calvert | February 10, 2026
Thirty years later, there is still much to learn from our experiences with the Telecommunications Act of 1996. That is the focus of our AEI event of February 10, 2026,…
By Mark Jamison | February 9, 2026
Australian regulations may be stricter with social media, but they lag, not lead, most American initiatives.
By Bronwyn Howell | February 6, 2026
Whether the Seventh Amendment permits an agency to determine liability and impose punitive sanctions itself, so long as a jury trial may occur later—if the government chooses to pursue one.…
By Daniel Lyons | February 5, 2026
Framing today’s social media addiction cases in terms of prior lawsuits targeting tobacco companies for selling cigarettes is flawed for several important reasons that collectively suggest why Meta (Instagram) and…
By Shane Tews | February 4, 2026
Quantum computing has occupied a peculiar place in the policy imagination: perpetually imminent, strategically important, and operationally vague. It has been featured in national strategies and long-range forecasts yet has…
By Shane Tews | February 3, 2026
Executive Summary: Gene synthesis screening is an effective tool to prevent dangerous pathogens from moving from digital design to physical reality. Mandatory screening will likely provide substantial benefits at modest…
By Anemone Franz | Rachel Hovde | Scott Weathers | February 2, 2026