EBI Counterpoint

As an industry analyst, market forecaster or futurist it can be very useful to go back to your roots. As publisher and editor of Environmental Business Journal since 1988, I have had ample opportunity to reflect on past avenues of research and the branches of business I have pursued in my career. One of the […]

EBJ & THE HYPE CYCLE While we at EBJ think of ourselves as forward-thinking industry analysts, we like to acknowledge other pioneers and apply their analytical frameworks to the environmental industry. Here we recognize Gartner and its…

POINT: Can we put the election on the dinner table now? Trump wins wipe outs in Florida and Ohio... and closer than expected in Texas. But Trump loses Arizona and Michigan and Wisconsin by larger margins then he won in 2016! And so Biden…

Point: So who wins on November 3? A big victory for the Dems? Biden gets 300+ electoral votes and the Dems win the Senate by one seat or the tiebreak, and the House by 40+ seats? How do you like that outcome?   Counterpoint…

Art of the Deal: February 29 version NEW SCENARIO: MIKE & JOE deal Here's how it happens... On the political website 538 "No outright Winner" reached as much as 50% likely for first time after Sanders got nicked up in the last…

EBJ Q: How did the 2020 election season kick off? Political Sage in DC: Based on the debacle in Iowa, the Dems have suffered an "OWN GOAL" to start the game. And might be headed for a Brokered Convention with Bloomberg emerging after…

THIRD DEBATE: Mostly a Draw EBJ's 'Man in Washington' says: Castro cost himself progress by attacking Biden thuggishly about his memory. Didn't work at all. Took himself out. Biden likely held ground, but didn't gain much, ditto Sanders who…

Point: OK illustrious EBI’s all-seeing Man-in-DC: Here’s a direct quote from one of our fellow opinion leaders: “Over the past few months, we’ve been hearing growing voices warn that climate change poses an existential threat to companies…

POINT: Michael Bloomberg is promoting his vision to “stop the construction of new gas plants,” reasoning that by the time they would be built, they would be "out of date because renewable energy will be cheaper"... Is this a valid position?…