Energy Crossroads

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

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

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

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.

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