Pi-Regional

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    The Price-Setter: Why Blocking Clean Energy Raises Everyone’s Bill

    The staff economist at the state Public Service Commission had been staring at the same spreadsheet for forty minutes. It was a Thursday in late February, the heat in the building was set too low for the season, and her office still smelled faintly of the coffee she had spilled on Monday. The spreadsheet was…

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    Earth Day 2026: Fossil Fuels, Hormuz & the One-Way Trip

    What the world’s most dangerous waterway reveals about the energy system we built — and the one we’re building now The tanker captain had run the Strait of Hormuz more than two hundred times. Twenty-one miles at its narrowest. Two shipping lanes, each barely two miles wide. Every time, the same ritual: radio check, speed…

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    The Fiscal Scissors: Structural Pressure Points in the U.S. Economy

    The United States faces what we describe as a “Fiscal Scissors” dynamic — a widening structural gap between the growth rate of federal U.S. debt 2026 and the growth rate of the productive economy. This divergence does not emerge from a single fiscal year anomaly; it reflects a compounding trajectory that shapes long-term policy constraints….