Electric vehicle adoption is a key part of climate and transportation goals, and local policies can make a big difference. One such policy is allowing EVs to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes even with a single driver. A new paper examines how these exemptions affected EV adoption ceepr.link/4qV4veK

In the NYT, our Faculty Director Christopher Knittel weighs in on data center policy — from on-site power to moratoriums. Get it right, and we support the grid + AI growth. Get it wrong, and costs rise. Policy brief: buff.ly/VyIYRum NYT: buff.ly/eoXJ9rx

FIFA has officially issued President Trump a yellow card. If he assassinates another world leader, it’ll become an automatic red card and he won’t be eligible for another FIFA Peace Prize for 4 years.

Andrea was my neighbor in Dot and a good follow… oh, and the Mass Attorney General, too.

For a number of years, a debate has been brewing concerning the best way to report on the indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity. Check out a new Research Commentary by @johnparsons.bsky.social on the topic: ceepr.link/4rs0Rtp

Nice to see the power start flowing. www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

Important dive into the politics and VCs behind micro reactors. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Here in Boston, too.

I gave up on FERC’s EQR database a decade ago. No data standardization. No quality control. Mostly serves as an episodic source for journalists needing a number without regard for veracity. Maybe it’s been improved since.

This is an excellent thread/review of Nate Silver’s new book. I got into finance believing in GTO and learned about the real world of exploitative.

“I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for AG and then Governor of MA just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for. I don’t get it.” Healey insists she cannot prevent hospital closures commonwealthbeacon.org/health-care/...

When I was an undergraduate, I protested apartheid. I participated in a sit-in, taking over the Princeton administration offices. It violated university rules. Lucky for me that the university did not expel me as these litigants would have MIT expel these students.

Exciting new Research Commentary analyzing the impact of the #BIGWIRESAct (Sen Hickenlooper and Rep ScottPeters) on transmission buildouts and electricity markets with Chris Knittel, Audun Botterund, and Juan Senga! #energysky 🔌💡 Available here: (1/8)