US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will speak at TC Sessions: Climate

Climate change has become a global political football despite a scientific consensus and mountains of verified evidence. We are here.

All the innovative climate tech in the world is not enough to turn the rising climate-crisis tide without political will. Efforts to reduce emissions are being held back by the politics of the U.S. How can we, as a nation, meaningfully move forward here at home and not have a huge impact on other major carbon polluters across the globe?

The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy will join us on June 16 for our Online Day at the Extreme Tech Challenge.

In the Secretary's message to America, Granholm said that the DOE was working to help achieve President Biden's goal of net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.

It is unlikely that any of our current politicians will be in office by the year 2050. We are curious about what concrete measures Granholm will take over the next two years or six years to move us closer to that distant goal.

The DOE announced $2.1 million in public-private partnership awards related to fusion energy. We would like to hear more about the DOE's funding of public-private partnerships and what other projects are in the works.

We will discuss these topics with Granholm, who became the second woman to lead the DOE on February 25, 2021. She was the first woman to serve as governor of Michigan.

Granholm led efforts to add emerging sectors such as clean energy to the state's economic portfolio.

Granholm joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley as a Professor of Practice in the Goldman School of Public Policy, focusing on the intersection of law, clean energy, manufacturing, policy and industry. She was an advisor to the Clean Energy Program.

The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, Jen Granholm, will be available to speak directly about the efforts to move the U.S closer to net-zero carbon emissions.

Climate takes place in person on June 14 at UC Berkley's Zellerbach Hall, and a fireside chat takes place during our online day on June 16. Purchase your ticket today.