Climate policy uncertainty is affecting firm-level investment, employment, and R&D as a material financial risk. Companies managing it best are treating it as a capital strategy problem.

Mitsubishi Electric and VTT are preparing a direct ocean capture system for coastal trials. The work could test seawater's role in scalable carbon removal.

A Rhode Island bill would reopen questions about utility-owned generation, storage, reliability, and who should build the power system needed for demand growth.

Only 37% of corporate net zero targets cover Scope 3. Supply chain emissions average 11 times a company's own footprint. The people deciding whether climate goals are met are upstream.

PJM and Talen Energy have filed at FERC to extend the Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner reliability-must-run agreement to May 2031, citing transmission delays driven largely by data center load growth.

Supplier audits confirm today's compliance. They were not built to assess whether a supplier's operating environment is becoming more fragile. That gap is now a strategic liability.

When NV Energy chose to divert power to newly built data centers, Liberty Utilities was left with less than a year to find a new electricity source for 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents. The real culprit isn't data centers — it's a centralized grid that wasn't built for modern energy demands, and a decade of missed opportunities to build local generation capacity.

AI growth is reshaping data center design. A new framework gives operators a clearer path for managing power, cooling and uptime.

SolarEdge Nexis is gaining ground through new financing approvals. The move could help installers offer solar and storage with fewer sales barriers.

The market is rewarding assets that have already cleared permitting, interconnection, and financing. Everything else is waiting longer and competing harder for what remains.

Switch Bioworks is testing microbial fertilizer in Midwest corn fields. The trials will show whether engineered microbes can support nitrogen delivery at scale.

Chloride ions from seawater are drawing new battery research attention. Early solid-state work could support future grid storage beyond lithium.

DOE's Idaho Operations Office approved a preliminary safety analysis for Oklo's Aurora reactor under the Reactor Pilot Program, a staged federal framework for advanced nuclear deployment.

States that voted for President Trump in 2024 accounted for 74% of all solar capacity installed during the quarter, with TX, FL, OH, IN, MI, AZ, and MS ranking among the top ten states for new additions

Tariffs, permitting, financing, and policy uncertainty are each stalling projects in 2026. They look the same from a distance. The right response to each one is completely different.

Zurich Resilience Solutions analysis of 1,380 Southeast Asia renewable energy sites finds 75% of planned capacity at critical climate risk by 2030 and $165 billion in value at stake.

A Verdantix survey of 350 energy leaders found energy price volatility is now the top obstacle. Companies treating resilience as backup power are carrying growing competitive exposure.

Skytree and Lingezegen Energy are bringing direct air capture into Dutch greenhouses. The project could make fossil-free CO₂ a practical crop input.

Colorado River storage is shrinking. Businesses face tighter water planning, higher supply risks and fewer buffers against dry years.

Ohio's House passed H.C.R. No. 35 63-32 on June 9, urging Congress to reform federal energy permitting and citing a 2,000-gigawatt interconnection backlog and NEPA timelines near four and a half years.