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Tom Skilling acceptance speech at Climate Action Museum
The Climate Action Museum gave former WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling a Climate Action Hero Lifetime Achievement award on April 20, 2024, for educating people in the Chicago region about the scientific basis for climate change.
A panel discussion at the Climate Action Museum on March 5, 2024
Panelists:
Eve Fineman: Director of Exhibitions, Chicago Architecture Center
Matt Matcuk: Exhibitions Development Director, The Field Museum
Alvaro Ramos: Chief Curator, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Patty Ward: AVP, Exhibitions and Partnerships, Museum of Science and Industry
Doug Farr: Founder of Climate Action Museum (moderator)
Outgrow the System, by Cecilia Paulsson and Anders Nilsson. "Change the system, not the climate" is a common demand in the climate movement. But what kind of system do we actually want? In the midst of humanity's worst crisis, the pioneers stand ready. Meet the new economic perspectives that have the potential to change the world at its core.
A Debate on the Future of Chicago's Electrical Grid (March 15, 2024)
Start with the end in mind. As the Chicago region decarbonizes we will consume less fossil fuels and demand a lot more electricity. A 2022 ComEd study on the impact of decarbonization concluded that the Illinois electric grid will need to double in size to meet peak demand. This bombshell finding raises many urgent questions: Where is the energy going to come from and how do we pay for it? What about energy conservation? Hydrogen? Nuclear? Storage?
Panelists:
Querida Ellis, Principal Program Manager, Smart Grid Programs, ComEd
Mark Nelson, Managing Director Radiant Energy Group
Ryan Burg, Group Manager, Resilient Systems Design and Engineering, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ralph Muehleisen, Chief Building Scientist and Buildings & Industrial Technologies Group Leader, Argonne National Laboratory
Angela Tovar, Commissioner, Department of Environment, City of Chicago (moderator)
