On-Demand Webinar: Congressman Sean Casten on Climate Policy under Biden and the New Congress

U.S. Representative Sean Casten discusses climate action and energy policy. Energy of the Future webinar series hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Energy (now the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability).

Politics and science have gone head-to-head under the Trump Administration with the pandemic bringing this tension to a boiling point. As President Biden takes office, what will Congressional leaders and the Biden Administration propose for climate action, and what will this Congress be able to enact? Special guest speaker U.S. Representative Sean Casten (IL-06) brings the perspective of scientist, clean energy entrepreneur, and Member of Congress to our discussion of the best and most likely path forward for Congressional energy policy. As a member of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Congressman Casten was instrumental in developing an ambitious new report released this past June, Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.

Remarks from the Congressman are followed by audience Q&A. Moderated by Peter Fox-Penner, Director of the Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) and Professor of Practice, Questrom School of Business, and Jacquie Ashmore, ISE Executive Director.