Conversations About Landscape: Deal or No (Green New) Deal?

The Green New Deal calls for eliminating fossil fuels and switching to renewable energy sources within a decade a large-scale investment in jobs, infrastructure, and technology. Is this plan ambitious and achievable…or not economically or technically feasible? Are there precedents in American history that can shed light on this debate? What will it take to decarbonize our energy economy and address climate change? Join us in a discussion about how the United States has confronted grand challenges both past and present.

Speakers: Dr. Gray Brechin, UC Berkeley; Mark Jacobson, Stanford