As global tensions reshape the business landscape, geopolitics is a core concern in every boardroom. In this episode, PwC Partner Michelle Horton and Axios Creative House Host Ryan Heath explore how leaders can turn geopolitical uncertainty into strategic advantage.
As policy shifts, digital disruption, and rising energy demands redefine the global economy, leaders are rethinking how to turn change into opportunity. PwC Partner Erika Ryback, who specializes in real estate strategy and workplace transformation, and Axios Creative House Host Ryan Heath explore where growth is happening now, and what's driving it.
Executives today face complex challenges — from surging energy demand to supply chain volatility, leveraging tax incentives to building resilience and allocating capital to unlocking value from data. These aren't just pressures — they're decision points. And with disruption comes opportunity.
PwC's Michelle Horton and Brigham McNaughton and Axios Creative House Host Ryan Heath explore how sustainability helps to meet that opportunity.
Scott Strazik, CEO of GE Vernova, sat down with Axios' Mike Allen in a View From The Top conversation to discuss the company's role in powering the grid, scaling clean energy and preparing for rising demand in the age of AI.
A new investment firm is betting on a big idea: There's no collision between prioritizing both climate and returns despite the recent vibe shift — if you do the homework.
Why it matters:Resolution Investors is helmed by veterans of Al Gore's Generation Investment Management.
The Trump administration was sued by some two dozen states that are seeking to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from canceling a $7 billion solar energy program.
The big picture: The states argue in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Thursday that the EPA "illegally terminated" the program that's "designed to bring low-cost distributed solar energy to over 900,000 households in low-income and disadvantaged communities."
The Energy Department on Thursday finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for American Electric Power to optimize and rebuild around 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states.
Why it matters: Getting new interstate lines approved is really hard even as power demand rises, and grid analysts see lots of potential in boosting capacity along existing infrastructure and corridors.
Google DeepMind is partnering with a Boston-area energy startup to use AI to speed the development of fusion as a clean energy source.
What they're saying: "Everyone talks about how much energy AI is going to use, but AI can actually help the energy equation on the supply side too," Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) CEO Bob Mumgaard told Axios.
Amazon on Thursday unveiled plans and renderings of its forthcoming small modular reactor facility in Washington state to power AI and cloud services.
Why it matters: The Cascade Advanced Energy Facility is one of the country's first SMR projects, with Energy Northwest and X-energy planning to build up to 12 SMRs.
The man who made TED a household name is moving from ideas to (climate) action.
Why he matters: After nearly 25 years at TED, Chris Anderson is stepping back to launch a new initiative seeking to mobilize businesses on climate change — as political focus wanes and investor energy shifts to AI.
The Florida man accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire, one of California's most destructive blazes, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
The big picture: Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, who was originally charged with destruction of property by fire over the blaze that erupted during powerful Santa Ana winds in the Los Angeles area in January and led to the death of 12 people, faced two additional charges in the indictment.
