Career Advice For Times Of Great Change – From 5 Electric Ladies

Paula Glover, Alliance To Save Energy

Career Advice For Times Of Great Change – From 5 Electric Ladies “You need to be looking 360 in terms of industry, what’s developing, what’s coming down the pike from a technology standpoint, from a risk standpoint. You should be educating yourself constantly and stretching yourself to go into a new area. Don’t just be… Continue reading Career Advice For Times Of Great Change – From 5 Electric Ladies

Analysis of SEC Climate Risk Rules: Tara Giunta, Global Co-Chair of ESG & Sustainable Finance Practice at Paul Hastings Law Firm

“If you’re sitting on a board, you’re a member of the executive leadership team…You need to make sure you’re stepping back and understanding geopolitical risk, social, cultural risk, legal, regulatory, risk, activism. What are the activists looking at?… Who are the key stakeholders that you need to be aware of so that you can make… Continue reading Analysis of SEC Climate Risk Rules: Tara Giunta, Global Co-Chair of ESG & Sustainable Finance Practice at Paul Hastings Law Firm

Climate Change as Security Threat: Sherri Goodman, Fmr Undersecretary of Defense, Author,“Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & Global Security”

“I coined the phrase ‘threat multiplier,’ which has come to really stand for the connection between climate change and national security….Threat multiplier conveys that climate acts on every other threat we face, whether it’s strategic competition with Russia and China, or terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, biological threats, and other threats around the world…because it’s… Continue reading Climate Change as Security Threat: Sherri Goodman, Fmr Undersecretary of Defense, Author,“Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & Global Security”

What Is Recycled Steel? – Tabitha Stine, General Manager, Energy Solutions, Nucor Corporation

“Our job is to recycle so that we can recover all of that scrap and goods that you and I are recycling in our garbage bins every week or recycling as we get new cars. And our job is to recover that because we make steel in a very clean and efficient process through what’s… Continue reading What Is Recycled Steel? – Tabitha Stine, General Manager, Energy Solutions, Nucor Corporation

Energy Efficiency Savings & Opportunities – Paula Glover, CEO of the Alliance To Save Energy

Paula Glover, Alliance To Save Energy

“Energy efficiency…is doing more, using less. The megawatt not used is the cheapest megawatt and there’s so many things, either by using technology, old technology like insulation or digitalization, that allows us to really stretch what we can get out every single megawatt ,a kilowatt electron that we use. And so that’s what we’re talking… Continue reading Energy Efficiency Savings & Opportunities – Paula Glover, CEO of the Alliance To Save Energy

Learning From Canada’s Energy Policies – Claire Seaborn, former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

“One of the big differences between Canada and the United States on climate policy spending broadly is that unlike the United States, Canada has a national carbon pricing system. So, we have a carbon pricing system that sets a national minimum standard. There’s a retail price for retail fuels, including gasoline for cars. And there’s… Continue reading Learning From Canada’s Energy Policies – Claire Seaborn, former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

Financial Opportunities For Climate, Energy – Heather Boushey, White House Council of Economic Advisors & Chief Economist of Invest in America Cabinet

“Much of our infrastructure isn’t built to withstand certain kinds of flooding or certain levels of heat. And yet, as the climate changes, so many of the things… that we did know in a world with a stable climate, those are now being upended. And all of that affects costs fundamentally… So, we need to… Continue reading Financial Opportunities For Climate, Energy – Heather Boushey, White House Council of Economic Advisors & Chief Economist of Invest in America Cabinet

Project 2025 & Climate  – Rachel Frazin, The Hill Energy & Environment Reporter

“I think some of the biggest themes throughout (Project 2025) are a sort of reorganization or dismantling of some of our environment agencies. They literally use the word ‘dismantled’ for what they would like to do to NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The others are a little bit more subtle, but they talk… Continue reading Project 2025 & Climate  – Rachel Frazin, The Hill Energy & Environment Reporter

Ensuring Electricity With Long Duration Storage – Julia Souder, Long Duration Energy Storage Council

Ensuring Electricity With Long Duration Storage – Julia Souder, Long Duration Energy Storage Council “We look at how long sharing storage can really fill in the gaps when you don’t have wind and solar 24 /7. ….(There are) four families of long sharing storage.….different ways you can store for multiple hours, days, and seasons. This… Continue reading Ensuring Electricity With Long Duration Storage – Julia Souder, Long Duration Energy Storage Council

Reducing The Government’s Carbon Footprint – Anna Siefken, Federal Energy Management Program

“We work with this entire portfolio of buildings of the federal government, as you mentioned, about 350,000 buildings, also including 600,000 cars and trucks in the fleet, all of them looking towards decarbonization…We do it through policy and planning. So, we analyze the management mandates, the energy management mandates that come out, and we help… Continue reading Reducing The Government’s Carbon Footprint – Anna Siefken, Federal Energy Management Program