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Talking about the last pandemic at TED

GatesNotes

A lot has changed since the last time I spoke on the TED stage.

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A Recap of WCS Talks 2022 – Feel Inspired!

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

A Recap of WCS Talks 2022 – Feel Inspired! Early this October, I spent a Friday afternoon with some incredibly talented, motivated and inspiring women at the Women in Cleantech and Sustainability’s annual flagship event WCS Talks 2022. The event was held in person after two years of going virtual due to the pandemic.

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How Long Will Coal Remain King in India?

GreenTechMedia

Despite market turbulence brought by the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 proved to be a formative year for India’s clean energy transition. Last year, the Modi government sought to boost the domestic coal mining sector with a series of commercial auctions. This is the final piece in a three-part series.

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California’s Plan to Equip Vulnerable Citizens With Batteries Stumbles Out of Gate

GreenTechMedia

In a landmark move, California regulators last year redirected the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), the state’s main support mechanism for behind-the-meter batteries, to focus more than half of its $1.2 billion budget through 2024 on providing backup power to protect its most vulnerable populations.

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This is climate tech

Business Green

Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S. The stunning array of technologies emerging to decarbonize the world and make it more habitable for flora, fauna and humans goes far beyond cleantech 2.0. economy, more than 200 US startups have cut thousands of jobs.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Seattle University Score: 79.41 | Seattle, Washington After the pandemic altered Earth Day plans, Seattle U unveiled a virtual event complete with Earth Talks.

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“The poop doesn’t lie”

Envirotec Magazine

Pepper is also the director of the Water & Energy Sustainable Technology Center (WEST), a group which made headlines worldwide last summer for its success in identifying infected students at the University of Arizona. Clinical testing, using the now familiar nasal swab PCR test, is not the easiest thing to roll out on a mass scale.