Energy Crossroads

As the inheriting generation, we are mobilizing a coalition of rising young leaders from across many sectors and disciplines to advance clean energy as a unifying solution to national security, climate, and economic competitiveness challenges. Among us are future policymakers, technologists, entrepreneurs, academics, and activists. We are guided by the belief that whether we are tree-hugging environmentalists, national security hawks, or clean-tech entrepreneurs, we all have a stake in a cleaner, more secure, and more prosperous energy future.

Alternative Paths: The Existence or Myth of Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries

The 2008 conference features a panel that discusses opportunities for mainstreaming clean energy solutions. (May 1, 2008)

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Break Through (Keynote Address)

Michael Shellenberger discusses overcoming the global warming technology gap, ideas that he and co-author Ted Nordhaus brought to light in their award-winning 2007 book Break Through. (May 1, 2008)

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Private Influence on Public Thought: How Business Can Drive Social Currents

The 2008 conference features a panel that discusses opportunities for mainstreaming clean energy solutions. A part of the energy solution is encapsulated in the business community. (May 1, 2008)

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We Can Solve It (Keynote Address)

Cathy Zoi discusses the $300 million "We Can Solve It" media campaign, which just launched in April 2008, that Al Gore's alliance for climate protection is running. (April 30, 2008)

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Clean Energy Solutions: Setting Priorities

There is much debate about which technologies will comprise our future energy mix. This panel compares the four main options for reducing carbon emissions: nuclear, clean coal, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.

04-09
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Developing the International Clean Energy Market

Panelists discuss the challenges and opportunities of the international energy industry including: taking a clean energy company global; international technology transfer; and future geopolitical impacts on international energy corporations.

04-09
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Green is the New Red, White, and Blue

Thomas Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, The New York Times. Introduction by John Hennessy, President of Stanford University.

04-09
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Making Renewables and Energy Efficiency Competitive

This panel features the perspectives of corporate strategists, venture capitalists, and policymakers in an attempt to articulate how private sector and regulatory efforts can drive broad market acceptance of energy efficiency and renewables.

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Opening Address and Plenary Panel

Opening Address of the 2007 Energy Crossroads Conference at Stanford University.

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