Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. BST
Transportation is the largest contributor of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for about nearly 30 percent in most recent estimates. On Wednesday, May 15 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Ford’s chief sustainability officer Bob Holycross discuss efforts to decarbonize transportation, build out electric vehicle infrastructure and design smarter cities.
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In a segment presented by Siemens, Barbara Humpton, CEO, Siemens USA, joins award-winning journalist and author Kathleen Koch to discuss an increasingly urgent priority, or trilemma: a growing need for reliable, affordable, and clean energy. As the United States makes progress reducing emissions, rising energy demand from growing industrial and infrastructure sectors could potentially undermine climate progress. How does the United States expand its power grid to reliably – and sustainably – power new data centers backing the generative AI boom, a resurgence in American manufacturing, and a national buildout of electric vehicle charging stations? In this conversation, Humpton outlines available solutions.
Wednesday, March 13 at 12:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. GMT
The climate crisis has accelerated private and public sector efforts to decarbonize the American economy. On Wednesday, March 13 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Birger Steen, CEO of Freyr Battery, join Washington Post Live for conversations about the new opportunities for industrial innovation, the impact of recent legislation on clean energy development and their assessment of the challenges ahead.
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In a segment presented by Siemens, Christian Bell, Head of Equity Investments for the Americas at Siemens Financial Services and Adrian Corless, CEO of CarbonCapture Inc. discuss how it will take a multi-layered approach of both CO2 emissions reduction and removal to help achieve our net-zero goals. As an experienced investor in decarbonization technologies across a wide variety of industries, Siemens Financial Services (SFS) recognizes the immense growth potential of carbon capture technologies, and launched a new team focused on investing in this emerging industry last year. CarbonCapture Inc. develops and deploys direct air capture (DAC) machines that can be connected in large arrays to remove massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Wednesday, April 17 at 3:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. BST
Electric vehicles and other clean-energy technologies have contributed to the recent growth in American manufacturing and offered new opportunities for modernization. On Wednesday, April 17 at 3:00 p.m. ET, Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers,
and Valerie Sheares Ashby, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, join Washington Post Live to assess the state of manufacturing, the workforce required to sustain its growth and how manufacturing can play a role in decarbonizing the economy.
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Meeting the demand generated by the federal investment in EV chargers, requires partnerships between labor and employers to prepare new and diverse entrants into the electrical field. In a segment presented by Siemens, hear from the Siemens Foundation about its workforce initiative, EVeryone Charging Forward™, featuring core partner, Cheryl Sanford of MUST Construction Careers. In partnership with EVITP, MUST is piloting the Electric Fast Track in Detroit to attract diverse, new workers into the electrical sector, an essential first step in building a more inclusive EV workforce.
