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"Earth" by Niall Collins Photography is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

Why Did ESG Have To Die?

We’ve come to a moment in time in which businesses and governments seem to be lying to themselves about sustainability. Information about the risks and opportunities arising from a company’s interactions with its stakeholders, society, the economy, and the natural environment is essential to economic and investment decisions — never … [continued]

Chatgpt generated image of Poland’s abandoned Żarnowiec nuclear site contrasted with today’s successful wind farms

Poland at a Crossroads: Nuclear Delays vs Renewable Success

Poland stands at a crossroads in its energy transition, with decisions today shaping its economy and security for decades to come. The government has committed to building 6 to 9 GW of nuclear power, beginning with three AP1000 reactors on the Baltic coast, but delays and financing uncertainty already suggest … [continued]

Chatgpt generated panoramic image showing the global redirection of talent flows from the U.S. to other regions due to H1-B price tag and OBBB cut backs

The $100,000 Mistake: Why H1-B Barriers and Policy Rollbacks Shrink America’s Future

For most of the past half century, the H1-B visa program has been a conduit for global talent into the American economy. It has not been a minor contribution but a central driver of U.S. leadership in high technology. Scratch most successful firms of the last 50 years, and H1-B … [continued]

Cover of TFIE Strategy's assembled white paper on port decarbonization

From Quay to Sea: A Port Decarbonization Roadmap

The whitepaper I’ve just published through TFIE Strategy, From Quay to Sea: A Port Decarbonization Roadmap is the product of a series of articles that gathered more attention than expected. Stakeholders across the maritime industry, from port operators to regulators to grid planners, asked for a single document that stitched … [continued]

Caption: Chatgpt generated panoramic image of failed hydrogen trucks in a scrapyard as electric freight dominates the road outside

Hydrogen Freight Fizzles As Batteries Take Over Global Trucking

The debate over whether hydrogen or batteries will dominate freight trucking has been settled by the market, not by opinion. The BloombergNEF 2025 Factbook on zero emission commercial vehicles released September 18th provides another clear set of signals that the argument for hydrogen in road freight is collapsing. Almost 90,000 … [continued]

Chatgpt generated: Solar panels and EVs clustered on wealthy homes, illustrating unequal access to the energy transition

Why US Inequality Makes EVs, Solar, & Heat Pumps Fragile

The headline number is startling. The top 10% of American households now account for roughly half of all consumer spending, according to data reported by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg in 2025. That has never been true in the modern era. It creates a situation where the economic pulse … [continued]

NIO Inc. Announces Completion of US$1.16 Billion Equity Offering & Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option…

NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO) (“NIO” or the “Company”), a pioneer and a leading company in the global smart electric vehicle market, today announced the completion of its US$1.16 billion offering (the “Equity Offering”) relating to a total of 209,090,918 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, … [continued]

Chatgpt generated panoramic image of an Austrian hydrogen station boarded up, with a red “Closed” banner across idle pumps

From Hype to Shutdown: Europe’s Hydrogen Refueling Network Shrinks

Austria has quietly joined the list of countries that have stepped away from hydrogen as a transportation fuel. In April 2025 OMV, the Austrian oil and gas major that had operated all of the country’s public hydrogen refueling stations, announced that it would be shutting them down by September. There … [continued]

Chatgpt generated panoramic aerial of intact boreal forest beside clearcut and regrowth, symbolizing sustainability choices in Canadian forestry

Higher Value, Lower Volume: The Future Of Canadian Forestry

Canada’s forests are immense, covering nearly 350 million hectares and holding almost 9% of the world’s forested land. They are central to the country’s identity, economy, and climate profile. For decades, forestry has provided jobs and exports while maintaining relatively stable forest cover, but the climate and biodiversity math has … [continued]