Beijing's municipal development and reform commission has announced that the city's plains will be almost entirely coal-free by 2020. It's the latest move in China's aggressive war against pollution in an effort to save lives and the environment.

Recent research indicates that immediate carbon capture is going to be essential to avoid more extreme consequences of climate change. These measures will be more costly the longer we wait to implement them.

The Congressional Budget Office has warned that 32 million Americans would become uninsured over the next decade if Obamacare is repealed without an alternative in place. Seventeen million would become uninsured next

On Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House Budget Committee approved its 2018 budget resolution. The budget aims to rewrite the tax code to favor the wealthy and to slash funding for Medicare and Medicaid.