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John Browne: Engineering the Future

Oct 30 2019 - 6:30pm

Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? John Browne attempted it over more than a decade as CEO of British Petroleum, where he led the company's “Beyond Petroleum” rebranding campaign. In his new book, Browne argues that the solution to reducing emissions and addressing climate change is a mass deployment of engineered technology — and that the tools we need to get there already exist. What lessons can oil companies and others looking to lead the energy transition learn from this approach?

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Dr. Robert Bullard: The Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication

Dec 12 2019 - 6:30pm

Join us for a special evening as we present Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen H. Schneider Award. Established in honor of Stephen Henry Schneider, one of the founding fathers of climatology who died suddenly in 2010, the $15,000 award recognizes a natural or social scientist who has made extraordinary scientific contributions and communicated that knowledge to a broad public in a clear and compelling fashion.

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What Is a Just Transition?

Jan 14 2020 - 6:30pm

The Green New Deal promises to take bold action on climate justice and rectify many of the inequities brought on by a fossil fuel economy. Advocates of the deal say the root causes of climate disruption and income inequality lie in extraction and exploitation. Skeptics, such as liberal former Congressman Barney Frank, insist American society can only swallow so much change at once. How can communities of color become key players in the decarbonization of the U.S. economy? In the world of climate justice, is the ideal the enemy of the possible?

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