We approached this newsletter very, very excited about kicking off our WET Talks series on water, environment and technology issues (see above, act now!) where we will also introduce our first Water(Round)Table on reuse issues. […]
Today’s clear coronavirus skies are in fact an Overton window view forward to the possibility of reform across many inter-related topics. Can we finally get serious about flattening the climate curve? […]
By Bruce Naegel, July 2017 Climate Change in the Trump Era was the kick-off presentation for Silicon Valley Energy Summit (SVES) 2017 (1)(2). Jonathan Pershing, program director—environment, Hewlett Foundation, presented the excellent talk. His experience includes being the former lead US negotiator to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). SVES is a yearly energy […]
By Bruce Naegel, July 2017 Stanford University’s Precourt Energy Efficiency Center holds the Silicon Valley Energy Summit yearly. The event covered: Climate change in the Trump Era An Oxford style debate on fracking Financing and policy issues to deliver technology The state of technology solutions The new federal administration is a challenge to addressing climate change. […]
By Bruce Naegel, April 2017 President Trump recently signed an order to repeal the CPP (Clean Power Plan) (1). This concerns all those who care about climate change. Can we still reach climate safety? Will California rescue the Clean Power Plan? What part can we as citizens play? This executive action generated a lot of press […]