Coal Isn’t Coming Back

1. Coal isn’t coming back.

By James Van Nostrand at Yale Environment 360

2. The idea of the ‘west’ — a partnership between the U.S. and a united Europe — is finished.

By Joschka Fischer in Project Syndicate

3. Legal pot is here. Where are the entrepreneurs to help make it a big business? Prison.

By Alex Halperin in California Sunday

4. Find out how the NFL is hooking your kids on football.

By George Dohrmann and Finlay Mackay at Huffington Post Highline

5. Technology could open the door for millions of people locked out of the financial system. Here’s how.

By Tim Flacke, Leigh Phillips, Mae Watson Grote, Jose Quinonez, Margaret Libby and Cathie Mahon at the Aspen Institute

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