1. Carbon taxes are the next big political battle: Carbon taxes are arguably the most cost-effective weapon of cutting emissions by 45 percent by 2030. But the moment carbon pricing raises the price of carbon, it will terrify politicians. Carbon pricing versus voters' wallets is the next political battle of our time.
2. The promise of carbon-neutral steel: Steel production accounts for around seven percent of humanity's greenhouse-gas emissions. Plus, some estimates suggest the global steel demand will nearly double by 2050. A new manufacturing technique called direct-reduced iron takes natural gas into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, thus producing a third to a half less carbon dioxide.
3. Forget about being productive: Workers are only productive for a certain number of hours, after which their productivity declines, and they may begin making mistakes.
4. Eleven Madison Park does strange things to vegetables: Pete Wells of the NYT penned a savage review of the world-class restaurant's new vegan-friendly 10-course, $335 tasting menu.
"In tonight's performance, the role of the duck will be played by a beet, doing things no root vegetable should be asked to do."
5. The ugliest jerseys in US soccer history: The 1994 World Cup uniform for the men's national soccer team looked as if it had been conjured by a stoned teenager using Microsoft Paint. The jersey featured a denim print, oddly shaped floating white stars, and bright red trim, and it was 100 percent polyester.
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