What's covered:
- 🔴 Breaking — Qatar LNG Shutdown (the dominant story of the moment: Iranian drone strikes, force majeure, Strait of Hormuz closure, +50% gas price spike)
- Capital & Climate Risk — 6 stories on refinancing risk, green bond scrutiny, tariff economics, M&A environmental liability, and how institutional investors are repricing climate exposure right now
- ESG & Accountability — Patagonia's supply chain under pressure (99% of emissions outside direct control, $37M internal carbon fee), Steelhead's 6-year data track record, ESG ratings as credit signals
- Grid & Infrastructure — Cooling's climate paradox, Washington's data center clean power mandates, transformer reliability risks, Chaberton's 125 MW milestone, Air Force multi-fuel generator
- Innovation & Technology — PET plastic → hydrogen (98.46% efficiency), Texas A&M's 950°C ZettaJoule reactor agreement, Aikido's offshore wind + AI data center concept, Aptera's 50,000 reservations and first validation line build, soil-sampled carbon credits
- R&D & Policy — DOE fusion diagnostics gap, hidden stranded asset risk, decarbonization CapEx vs. shareholder return tensions
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