The Strait of Hormuz has always been one of the obvious stress points in the global energy system, a narrow passage through which a large share of internationally traded crude oil, LNG, and fertilizer feedstocks move every day, but most years it has been treated as a geopolitical abstraction rather … [continued]
President Donald J. Trump is causing irreconcilable harm to the US environment. His administration is abandoning clean energy investments. Freezing climate, clean air, and clean water federal policies. Rejecting limits on PFAS in industrial wastewater. Eliminating consumer protections. Sabotaging major treaties on plastic production and shipping emissions. With all of … [continued]
San Francisco writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit came into my consciousness two decades ago as I was doing research for my dissertation. Her 2004 non-fiction book, Hope in the Dark, spoke to me with her rejection of cynicism and despair. She depicted the evolution of rights, ideas, concepts, and … [continued]
China takes another step towards demonstrating a viable global market for green ammonia, produced from green hydrogen and renewable energy.
A “golden age” is a flourishing period in the history of a nation. It is a period when everything seems really good, peaceful, and successful — not utopian, but a time of extraordinary human achievement. A golden age of agriculture commonly refers to the late 19th century, a time of … [continued]
In the past week I had the opportunity to deliver the same presentation on the global acceleration to clean technologies and decarbonized solutions to two different audiences, one from a stage keynoting the 2026 Clean Energy Summit in the Vancouver Metropolitan area, and one virtually. Both were Canadian audiences. The … [continued]
We hear a lot about sea level rise and the effects it is having on coastal communities. The media sometimes morbidly plays and replays footage of homes collapsing from their high cliff footings into the pounding surf. As someone who is lucky enough to live at the beach, I’ve tried … [continued]
Equinor’s decision to halt its blue hydrogen project in Groningen is not a story about engineering failure or lack of public support. It is a story about the absence of customers. The H2M project secured support from the EU Innovation Fund and was positioned as a cornerstone of industrial decarbonization … [continued]
It’s been interesting to be part of an all-inclusive tour of the Caribbean during one of the coldest weather snaps in recent memory. High winds and rough seas prevented us from visiting each originally planned destination. Since travelers were required to stay on the ship instead of touring cultural sites, … [continued]
“The road is pocked from the hurricane,” the driver says, “so don’t blame me for the bumps.” Claeon laughs with us, then continues. “I don’t know why they don’t fix it.” As we leave the port, I see a warehouse next to the dock with a collapsed roof. It’s filled … [continued]
