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July 16, 2024
Life After Chevron: How Will Congress and Federal Agencies Adapt?
Event Summary On July 16, AEI and the Brookings Institution hosted a three-panel event examining Chevron deference and the implications of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Former Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and AEI’s Yuval Levin started the event, discussing the executive abuse of congressionally granted authority under Chevron and highlighting issues such as unilateral trade…
July 15, 2024
It’s Later Than You Think
Today, I discuss the concept of the “time of emergence” for the detection of a signal of a change in climate in observations and projections. Our early work in this area led to some surprising results (at least to me!) and profoundly shaped how I think about the detection and attribution of changes in the…
July 15, 2024
Trust in Science by Political Leaning: Tech Companies
July 15, 2024
Trust in Science by Political Leaning: Drug Companies
July 11, 2024
Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science
CTSE Director M. Anthony Mills discusses the declining trust in science and related areas across American demographics. He dismisses the commonly identified causes and instead attributes this recent trend in American politics to a sociological theory.
July 11, 2024
Data Center Electricity Use II: How Are Electrons Like Fish?
Growing data center energy use continues to make headlines. In my first post on data center electricity use, I focused on the technologies that make AI possible and on broad trends in data center investment and electricity demand forecasts out to 2028. If you subscribe to The Dispatch, they had a very good AI energy use…
July 11, 2024
BTOS Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) AI Supplement
The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) now includes a number of AI-related questions under the AI supplement, which recently reported their first findings. The AI supplement was constructed to gather insights on the prevalence of AI use in businesses, the various types of AI being employed, the effects of AI on employment, and the ways…