This roundtable event, hosted by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, offered a discussion on how the Clean Air Act’s past regulations and protections have created innovation and economic opportunities for the U.S. The discussion included Hal Harvey as well as three other participants from the clean energy and pollution control business community.

At the Navigating the American Carbon World Conference, Director of Research Chris Busch joined a panel charged with forecasting future trends in North American carbon markets. The panel covered the linked California-Quebec cap-and-trade program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and emerging programs in Canadian provinces.

Following the province’s first carbon auction in March, Ontario’s Cap And Trade Forum brought together a range of stakeholders to provide insight and expertise on dealing with carbon market uncertainties and developing strategies for successful cap-and-trade programs. Director of Research Chris Busch spoke on a panel discussing the implications of linking Ontario to the broader Western Climate Initiative carbon market.

At Greentech Media’s conference on California’s Distributed Energy Future 2017, Sonia Aggarwal joins a panel with SEIA’s Sean Gallagher and EDF’s Jamie Fine to discuss how rate design can value from distributed resources for customers, developers, and utilities.

Policy leaders have spoken out and pledged for continued environmental progress, regardless of what happens in Washington. At a World Affairs speaker event, Hal and Berkeley economist Severin Borenstein discuss what state-level climate actions, the ability for market forces and technology to maintain current clean energy trends, and the prospect of the Paris Agreement.

Policy leaders have spoken out and pledged for continued environmental progress, regardless of what happens in Washington. At a World Affairs speaker event, Hal and Berkeley economist Severin Borenstein discuss what state-level climate actions, the ability for market forces and technology to maintain current clean energy trends, and the prospect of the Paris Agreement.

There’s no question renewable energy is advancing around the world, but how far can it go? Panelists at the PEC Deep Decarbonization Conference discuss the opportunity and limitations for renewables in our power system of the future. During the conference’s Renewable Energy panel, Senior Fellow Eric Gimon discusses why he thinks renewables have the potential to meet high penetration levels–up to 80% or even 100%.

The 21st Heinz Awards recipient for Environment, Hal Harvey, talks about why we don’t need to choose between the environment and the economy, and how to create ‘precision interventions’ to drive the shift to a sustainable future.

At the 21st Heinz Awards event at Carnegie Mellon University, Environment recipient, Hal Harvey, talks about the approaches he advocates to leverage our move towards sustainable energy, from utilities to transportation to industry.