Posts tagged webinar
Webinar Replay: Rethinking How We Recycle

On Thursday, August 17, ConservAmerica hosted a webinar on recycling. Titled Rethinking How We Recycle: Bottle Bills and Beyond, the webinar featured expert panelists Philip Rossetti, Resident Senior Fellow at R Street and Scott Green, Vice President of Sustainability at the Can Manufacturers Institute.

We will also heard from Hannah Flygare, who recently authored a white paper about renewable energy and battery waste management in the U.S. The webinar was moderated by ConservAmerica President Jeff Kupfer.

Recycling has always seemed like the easy, intuitive way for each of us to do our part, but the system may not be as easy, or as straightforward, as it seems.

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Webinar: Examining the Pros and Cons of Carbon Pricing Policies

Members of Congress are increasingly embracing the realities of climate change and the need to implement policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Putting a price on carbon is considered by many to be the most efficient and transparent policy approach to encourage emission cuts. Many in the businesses community are supporting a carbon pricing mechanism as preferable to other approaches. Given the buzz, ConservAmerica hosted a webinar on Wednesday, July 21st that unpacked carbon pricing.

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Webinar: Critical Supply - Addressing US Reliance on Foreign Sources of Critical Minerals

The US is heavily dependent on foreign sources for its supply of critical minerals, including rare earths used in batteries, solar panels, and other clean energy technology. Unfortunately, many of these resources are controlled by nations hostile to US interests, making our reliance a strategic vulnerability to our military, national security infrastructure, and efforts to transition to a clean energy economy.

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ConservAmerica Webinar: Beyond Electrification

Transportation represents the largest direct source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and policymakers are pushing to fully electrify the sector to help meet national climate goals. But is electrification the best approach? Join ConservAmerica, Dave Banks, Richard Gupton, Robbie Diamond, Daniel Gage, and Michael McAdams for a discussion on the different technology and policy pathways available to Congress in the race to decarbonize transportation.

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