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The Building of a $2.5 Billion Cleantech Community in Central Texas

Avaya Auditorium 201 E. 24th St., Austin, TX, United States

Mitch Jacobson, Co-Director of the University’s ATI Clean Energy Incubator, will speak on The Building of a $2.5 billion Cleantech Community in Central Texas at Thursday's UT Energy Symposium. About the UT Energy Symposium: The popular guest lecture series sponsored by the Energy Institute, now...

Kim Stanley Robinson Reading

Avaya Auditorium 201 E. 24th St., Austin, TX, United States

From the University of Texas at Austin - Science Fiction writer and thinker Kim Stanley Robinson reads from his fiction and discusses how science fiction can represent environmental issues. Presented by UT Austin Department of English and Texas Institute for Literary & Textual Studies (TILTS):...

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Panel Conversation with Artist Victor Pérez-Rul

Flawn Academic Center 2304 Whitis Ave #338, Austin, TX, United States

The University of Texas Energy Institute is hosting the following free event - World-renowned artist Victor Pérez-Rul will hold a conversation panel at the Energy Institute about his new installation Placeholder. Pérez-Rul focuses on merging the movements of humans, sun and wind in order to...

Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States

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Bio: Leah Stokes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Dr. Stokes works on energy, climate and environmental politics. Within American Politics, her work focuses on...

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EVs: How Fast is the EVolution Coming, and What Should Texas Do About It?

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Abstract: Join this talk by Tom “Smitty” Smith, a prominent consumer and renewable energy advocate in Texas. He will introduce the Texas Electric Transportation Alliance (TxETRA) and how it is helping to enable a pathway to increased electric vehicle (EV) usage. Mr. Smith will examine questions such...

The Green New Deal & the Role of Public Investment in an Energy Transition

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*Note: This talk will be presented remotely via Zoom and on the Energy Institute's YouTube channel. See access details after the bio. Bio: Demond Drummer is co-founder and executive director of New Consensus. He is an organizer and civic innovator whose grassroots work in Chicago has...

Climate, Complexity and the Politics of Major Regulatory Legislation

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*Note: This talk will be presented remotely via Zoom and on the Energy Institute's YouTube channel. See access details after the bio. Bio: Dr. David Spence is Baker Botts Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law and Professor of Business, Government and...

U.S. Climate Policy in the Biden Administration

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*Note: This talk will be presented remotely via Zoom and on the Energy Institute's YouTube channel. See access details after the bio. Join this timely discussion with Noah Kaufman as he explores the current climate policy landscape in the United States.  It starts with an overview...