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Gates; Shultz; children's health; Amazon
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February 2021

Bill Gates: Climate challenge is formidable but solvable

George Shultz, statesman and Stanford scholar, dies at 100
 


Air pollution puts children at higher risk of disease in adulthood


Cooperation is crucial to private-sector decarbonization, says Amazon sustainability VP 


Stanford researchers devise new technique for drawing freshwater from the atmosphere


Electrification of the auto industry is speeding up—and shaking up the energy economy


Striking potential of using light instead of electricity in computation (podcast/video)


The Texas blackout is the story of a disaster foretold


Sempra's sustainability chief: Domestic and global cooperation important to reduce emissions


New, energy-efficient hybrid chips can run AI on battery-powered devices


How we can better predict weather catastrophes (opinion)


George Shultz — an environmentalist and technologist ahead of his time (opinion)

IN THE NEWS

FOUR STANFORD FACULTY SPEAKING AT CERAWEEK

STANFORD ENERGY CLUB'S STANFORD ENERGY WEEK

EVENTS

Unless noted otherwise, events listed are free, open to the public, online, require registration and Pacific time.

Decarbonizing the Grid - An Interactive Workshop Series next: the role of grid interconnection with international panel. Wed., 3/3, 8:30 am

Smart Grid Seminar: Energy conversion and storage - the role of reversible power-to-gas with Gunther Glenk, University of Mannheim. Thu., 3/4, 1:30 pm

ERE Seminar: with Sally Benson, Celebrating International Women's Day. Mon., 3/8, 11:30 am

Stanford Energy Seminar with entrepreneur Bill Gross. Mon., 3/8, 4:00 pm

StorageX Tech Talk with Yusheng Ye (Cui lab) , and Seongbeom Lee and Gabriele Pozzato (Stanford Energy Control Lab). Tue., 3/9, 10:00 am

Global Energy Dialogues: George Shultz, legacy of a giant - revenue neutral carbon tax and a passion for innovation, with Ernest Moniz, Arun Majumdar, Tom Stephenson and Sally Benson. Wed., 3/10, 8:30 am

Sustainable Finance Initiative Seminar: Improving electricity markets through improving electricity governance, with Shelley Welton, University of South Carolina School of Law. Thu., 3/11, 4:00 pm

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