What’s a life worth to the EPA? – This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Maxine Joselow from the New York Times discusses the EPA’s decision to stop assigning a dollar value to lives saved in cost-benefit analyses for major air pollution rules. Continue reading →
Data and the DSO transition: How distribution utilities are using human-guided intelligence to make faster, more complex decisions
Utilities face challenges in the DSO transition, including data fragmentation and AI integration, as laid out in an on-demand webcast on Factor This. Continue reading →
Could the brain’s over-eager ‘pruning shears’ be causing schizophrenia?
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Bring classroom learning into the real world and bring real-world careers into the classroom!
Bring classroom learning into the real world and bring real-world careers into the classroom! For many students, translating the curriculum to a real-world career in STEM is challenging. The Big Bang at School Blueprint shows young people that STEM goes beyond lessons and homework. Instead, it’s...
Transportation groups say supreme court case could harm freight brokers
A growing number of voices from the freight transportation field are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that federal law preempts state-law negligence claims against freight brokers.The issue is the core of a case called Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC. And according to logistics...
Norfolk Southern adds 40 new Wabtec locomotives
Class 1 rail operator Norfolk Southern is advancing its fleet modernization plan by adding 40 new locomotives, saying they will provide fuel efficiency, reduced emissions, enhanced reliability, and crew comfort.The engines from Wabtec mark the railroad’s first new locomotive purchase since 2022,...
Cargo theft events stay stable in number, but financial loss jumps 60%
While the total number of supply chain crime incidents remained relatively stable in 2025, estimated losses surged 60% to nearly $725 million as organized criminal groups increasingly focused on high value shipments, according to CargoNet.CargoNet’s annual analysis showed that the average value...
New DynoWiper Malware Used in Attempted Sandworm Attack on Polish Power Sector
The Russian nation-state hacking group known as Sandworm has been attributed to what has been described as the “largest cyber attack” targeting Poland’s power system in the last week of December 2025. The attack was unsuccessful, the country’s energy minister, Milosz...
Who Approved This Agent? Rethinking Access, Accountability, and Risk in the Age of AI Agents
AI agents are accelerating how work gets done. They schedule meetings, access data, trigger workflows, write code, and take action in real time, pushing productivity beyond human speed across the enterprise. Then comes the moment every security team eventually hits: “Wait… who...