Rare earths are not just materials. They are power. China controls most of the processing. Western companies depend on supply they do not fully control. Governments talk about resilience while industries race to secure contracts. This episode explains where real power sits in the rare earth chain, how price shocks and policy signals move through automotive, energy, and tech, and why Europe, the United States, and major corporations are now trying to reduce dependence.

This week’s Business News Weekly looks at how the energy transition is unfolding on both sides of the Atlantic.

Europe is turning climate policy into a regulatory operating framework, while the United States is accelerating change through large-scale investment.

Together, these two models are reshaping costs, competitiveness, and the way global industry plans for the future.

The New Ocean explores how the ocean is no longer a distant backdrop but an active operating environment shaping trade, infrastructure, and risk. From shifting climate patterns to real-world disruptions across global routes, the episode connects environmental change with economic reality and asks a central question: what happens when we begin to understand the ocean not as a constant, but as a system in motion and learn to operate within it?

Abyss looks at the ocean floor as the place where the consequences of modern activity settle over time. Through examples of dumping, accumulation, and lost materials, the episode explores how the deep sea becomes a quiet record of how the surface operates.

LNG bought shipping time. Electrification promises a new direction. But are we actually transitioning — or just managing uncertainty? In this episode, we look at how the industry is balancing stability with ambition, and why the real story isn’t fuel, it’s system design.

Hydrogen is being sold as the future of shipping. Zero emissions. Clean fuel. Green transition. But what if hydrogen is not a solution, only a workaround? In this episode, we unpack what hydrogen really is, why ammonia became its maritime form, and what “zero at the exhaust” hides upstream. This is not about rejecting hydrogen. It is about understanding the system behind it.

Singapore is moving its shoreline. Fujairah is expanding its terminals. Palm Jumeirah reshaped the Gulf. The Netherlands keeps reinforcing land that sits below sea level. The coast is no longer just where land meets water. It is where trade grows, where artificial islands appear, where shipping concentrates, where cities discharge, and where sea level keeps rising. This episode is about what happens when we build outward, enclose water, multiply infrastructure and then act surprised when currents shift, fish disappear and erosion accelerates. If you live near the Gulf, in Southeast Asia, in Europe or anywhere within 100 kilometres of the sea, this is not abstract. This is your coastline.

The Atom Mission is a deep dive into why nuclear energy is trusted everywhere except where it could change everything and what that says about modern decision-making under risk.