{"id":12670,"date":"2021-04-14T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/?p=12670"},"modified":"2022-03-03T21:56:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T02:56:20","slug":"clean-energy-climate-infrastructure-briefing-held-on-april-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/2021\/04\/14\/clean-energy-climate-infrastructure-briefing-held-on-april-14\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Hosts Clean Energy &#038; Climate Infrastructure Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Clean Energy &amp; Climate Innovation:<br \/>\nNew Opportunities for Infrastructure Investment\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12676\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Clean-Energy-Infrastructure-invite-image-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12676\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Clean-Energy-Infrastructure-invite-image-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Clean-Energy-Infrastructure-invite-image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Clean-Energy-Infrastructure-invite-image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Clean-Energy-Infrastructure-invite-image-992x558.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Clean-Energy-Infrastructure-invite-image.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Unsplash\/American Public Power Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, experts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ise\/\">Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy<\/a> (ISE), the <a href=\"https:\/\/itif.org\/\">Information Technology &amp; Innovation Foundation<\/a> (ITIF), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughenergy.org\/\">Breakthrough Energy<\/a> held a virtual discussion on how Congress can successfully incentivize cutting-edge clean energy investments in a future infrastructure package. The webinar audience learned what lawmakers should do to catalyze robust clean economic growth and job creation while improving the quality of our infrastructure and reducing the catastrophic effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OPENING REMARKS FROM:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/\">Senator Ed Markey<\/a> (D-MA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/casten.house.gov\/\">Congressman Sean Casten<\/a> (D-IL)<strong><span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPEAKERS INCLUDED:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=f0d620b1d0&amp;e=4a051cec5e\">Trisha Miller<\/a>, Senior Director, Breakthrough Energy<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=898ad10be2&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Hart<\/a>, \u00a0Senior Fellow, Information Technology &amp; Innovation Foundation<br \/>\n<strong><span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bbb26aa6a2e1474a7442d71c6&amp;id=6c14b9fa6f&amp;e=4a051cec5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Fox-Penner<\/a>, \u00a0Director, Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPRESENTATIONS &amp; RESOURCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Powerpoint-Slides-Trisha-Miller-Breakthrough-Energy.pdf\"> Trisha Miller, Breakthrough Energy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/BreakthroughEnergy_Opportunities-in-Infrastructure-for-Industrial-Decarbonization.pdf\"> Opportunities in Infrastructure for Industrial Decarbonization &#8211; Breakthrough Energy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Powerpoint-Slides-David-M.-Hart-ITIF-.pdf\"> David M. Hart, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/federal\/files\/2021\/04\/Powerpoint-Slides-Peter-Fox-Penner-BU-ISE.pdf\"> Peter Fox-Penner, BU Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nWEBINAR VIDEO:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bk3lh3Tuis0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clean Energy &amp; Climate Innovation: New Opportunities for Infrastructure Investment\u00a0 On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, experts from the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE), the Information Technology &amp; Innovation Foundation (ITIF), and Breakthrough Energy held a virtual discussion on how Congress can successfully incentivize cutting-edge clean energy investments in a future infrastructure package. 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