From hydro to hydrogen, the Columbia River keeps teaching America how to move. Editor’s Note: In 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote twenty-six songs about the Columbia River and its dams, capturing the spirit of American ingenuity at a time of transformation. Today, as the energy transition builds its next generation of projects along that same river, […]
Australia’s great unspoken contract has always been simple: the country does its bit for the city, and the city returns the favor. It’s the rhythm of the fair go — a handshake across the wheatbelt and the wharf, a sense that when the work’s shared, the reward should be too. Lately, that balance’s been […]
“Thar’ she blows!” The cry cracked across the waves like musket fire. The decks of the Elizabeth Starbuck were slick with oil and brine, the air heavy with salt and smoke. In the dawn light off the whale-rich grounds of New Zealand, 4000 leagues sou’west of Nantucket, three boats dropped from the davits and pulled […]
Inside the race between LNG, methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen — where data meets daylight and every molecule gets a second chance. Episode 1 – Four Fuels and a Vegan Burger They say the studio was once a broom closet. Now it’s home to The Upcycle Diaries, a semi-official, occasionally award-winning podcast about finding value in […]
From Pearl Harbor’s smoke to the IMO’s clock, the maritime world faces its most decisive refueling mission since 1942. “The next Guadalcanal of this campaign won’t be a battle at sea — it will be a price curve, a port standard, a policy vote.” It began in smoke. Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. The harbor […]
If a Martian ever lands on Earth, I hope the landing finds the beaches of southern Brazil. So much would feel familiar to our Mars-based friends: the red-oxide terra roxa soil, a culture that reveres nature and reuses waste for energy — just as fossil-free Mars must do to survive. And what a shock to […]
Gevo, Praj in focus as India tips a blending strategy to complement biodiesel, renewable diesel When a problem comes along, you must whip it. That was Devo’s advice in 1980 — and, four decades later, it’s exactly what India’s energy strategists are doing with a stubborn technical groove called diesel blending. Ethanol, the star of India’s […]
Once upon a time, the biofuels game was all about the Big Dude in the low post. Rotterdam was his home court, and the rules were simple: park yourself near the basket, take the handouts, and drop in the easy points — mandates, subsidies, credits, waivers. Year after year, the same towering franchises dominated the […]
In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2025, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. All Digest subscribers were eligible to nominate candidates of their […]
In August 1919, Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun met above a Green Bay newspaper office. They didn’t have a stadium, or money, or even uniforms. What they had was persistence — and a sponsor from Indian Packing, whose name stuck. Nobody expected much. Yet from that hat-passing start, the Packers became the only small-town team […]
