The Startups Predicting Climate Risk for Bond Investors
For centuries, bond investing has boiled down to forecasting two things: which way interest rates are going to move and how likely a borrower is to repay its…
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GM and PG&E to Test Program for Electric Vehicles to Boost Power Grid
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Amid Warnings of Cyberattacks in Ukraine, U.S. Companies ‘Sitting and Waiting’
Weeks of warnings from Western security officials that cyberattacks in Ukraine could spread globally have pushed international companies into an…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Seeks to Reconnect Tonga to Internet
SYDNEY—SpaceX, the space-exploration company founded by Elon Musk, is seeking to establish a communications bridge to Tonga after last…
WSJ News Exclusive | Pro-China Twitter Accounts Flood Hashtag Critical of Beijing Winter Olympics
Pro-China accounts have been flooding Twitter with messages that include the hashtag #GenocideGames, in what researchers say is an effort to dilute the…
Climate Scientists Encounter Limits of Computer Models, Bedeviling Policy
BOULDER, Colo.—For almost five years, an international consortium of scientists was chasing clouds, determined to solve a problem that bedeviled…
Air Filters: A Guide to Smart—and Not So Smart—Models as Covid-19 and Wildfires Drive Demand
“Eek, Nicole. Time to close the windows!” shrieked Mila.OK, fine, Mila didn’t shriek. It didn’t say anything at all. Mila is a portly, Wi-Fi-enabled smart…
The Best Air Purifiers for Wildfire Smoke—Whatever Your Budget
IN AUGUST 2020, when Jeff Deshon peered out the windows of his Fairfield, Calif., home, the sky was so sickly orange “it looked like an…
Apple’s Biggest iPhone Production Site Hit By Flooding in Central China
TAIPEI—The severe flooding in central China cut power temporarily at Apple Inc.’s biggest iPhone manufacturing site as water seeped…