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  • We Can’t Air-Condition Our Way Out of This
    Cross-Sector Insights, Resources & Environmental Management

    We Can’t Air-Condition Our Way Out of This

    Europe is in its second major heatwave in two months, with record June temperatures across the…

    By Diana Rasner and Sunena Gupta
    June 29, 2026

    2 min read

  • The Other Solar Race: Inside the Fight to Recycle the World’s Panels
    Materials & Chemicals

    The Other Solar Race: Inside the Fight to Recycle the World’s Panels

    Solar energy may be one of the greatest success stories of the clean energy transition. Costs…

    By Diana Rasner
    June 25, 2026

    2 min read

  • Half a Billion Dollars into the Ground: Why Geologic Hydrogen Is Changing Its Approach
    Energy & Power

    Half a Billion Dollars into the Ground: Why Geologic Hydrogen Is Changing Its Approach

    Geologic, or “white” hydrogen, has been one of cleantech’s most hotly debated storylines for the better…

    By Diana Rasner
    June 4, 2026

    2 min read

  • It’s Time to Wake Up and Smell the Chemicals
    Materials & Chemicals

    It’s Time to Wake Up and Smell the Chemicals

    China Now Controls 46% of Global Chemical Sales It got there the same way it took…

    By Diana Rasner
    May 22, 2026

    2 min read

  • SAF Was Always Interesting, It Just Took an International Crisis to Make It Feel Relevant Again
    Cross-Sector Insights

    SAF Was Always Interesting, It Just Took an International Crisis to Make It Feel Relevant Again

    Markets tend to discover things twice: once when the investors boom them, and again when a…

    By Diana Rasner
    May 6, 2026

    2 min read

  • ROYGBIV Has a Dirty Secret
    Materials & Chemicals

    ROYGBIV Has a Dirty Secret

    Just the other day, I learned a surprising and perhaps icky factoid from Levi’s, the American denim company.…

    By Diana Rasner
    March 3, 2026

    2 min read

  • It All Comes Back to Supply Chains
    Materials & Chemicals

    It All Comes Back to Supply Chains

    I once had a boss who told me that every issue and every answer ultimately comes…

    By Diana Rasner
    February 4, 2026

    2 min read

  • Cleantech’s Anti-Hero: It’s Me, AI. I’m the Problem. It’s Me.
    Cross-Sector Insights, Materials & Chemicals

    Cleantech’s Anti-Hero: It’s Me, AI. I’m the Problem. It’s Me.

    I’m tired of AI. There, I said it. And I know I’m not the only one. Conversations about its…

    By Diana Rasner
    December 16, 2025

    2 min read

  • What’s REEally Happening with Rare Earths?
    Materials & Chemicals

    What’s REEally Happening with Rare Earths?

    It was 4th grade where I got my first introduction to the periodic table. Our teacher…

    By Diana Rasner
    October 9, 2025

    2 min read

  • Minerals, Meet Microbes: A Potential Match Made in Metal Heaven
    Materials & Chemicals

    Minerals, Meet Microbes: A Potential Match Made in Metal Heaven

    Do you smell what the rock is cooking? Well, if you’ve been paying attention to the…

    By Diana Rasner
    August 13, 2025

    2 min read

  • Let’s Get Critical
    Materials & Chemicals

    Let’s Get Critical

    Chances are, you’re reading or watching this blog from the comfort of your smartphone or laptop—devices…

    By Buff López and Diana Rasner
    July 28, 2025

    2 min read

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