Patti Poppe: Reinventing Utilities During a Climate Emergency
"What I get excited about is imagining what that grid of the future is going to look like, and we need to make sure that we are investing in that."
-Patti Poppe, PG&E CEO
Our speakers showcase the full spectrum of diverse voices and powerful perspectives. Political figures like Jamie Raskin and Steve Schmidt have inspired and provoked. Executives like former British Petroleum CEO Lord John Browne and BlocPower Founder Donnel Baird have surprised and challenged. Psychologists like Renee Lertzman, activists like Wanjira Mathai, and scientists like Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Hayhoe have expanded our notions of what climate change means for us as people and a society. We’re constantly adding more perspectives to our empowering conversations.
"What I get excited about is imagining what that grid of the future is going to look like, and we need to make sure that we are investing in that."
-Patti Poppe, PG&E CEO
"It’s not a problem that there is majority white. It’s a problem that the way in which they approach the policy solutions don’t incorporate black, indigenous and those communities."
-Hop Hopkins, Director of Organizational Transformation, The Sierra Club