We are getting crushed.’ What’s behind the alarming rise in California’s Covid-19 cases

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Updated 0347 GMT (1147 HKT) December 30, 2020 (CNN)Since the Thanksgiving holiday, California has faced a surge of Covid-19 infections unparalleled across the United States, leading to continued daily record highs in hospitalizations and deaths. Bed capacity in intensive care units has plunged to nearly zero in vast portions of the […]
Be water: Japan’s big, lonely bet on hydrogen

The revolutionary fuel is costly — and key to slowing climate change. Will it pay off? AKANE OKUTSU and NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writersDECEMBER 23, 2020 06:12 JST TOKYO — While it looks like any other filling station in Japan, the Iwatani Hydrogen Refueling Station in the Shibakoen neighborhood of Tokyo is distinguished by three […]