UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) launched a new initiative to examine future pathways for the oil and gas industry in a low-carbon world. As part of this project, CLEE is kicking off a multi-part webinar series to focus on the long-term future of the oil and gas industry in California and beyond. The series will feature conversations with a range of guests looking at this topic from a wide variety of perspectives.
To learn more and receive updates, sign up for the series here. You can also check back on this webpage to RSVP for individual webinars below – we will continue to add details as they develop!
Join the first webinar of the series:
The Present and Future of Oil and Gas in California
April 23, 2026 | 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Register here!
In conversation with:
- Siva Gunda, Vice-Chair of the California Energy Commission
- Severin Borenstein, Professor of the Graduate School, E.T. Grether Chair in Business Administration and Public Policy, and Faculty Director, Energy Institute at Haas
- Darien Sturges (Moderator), Fellow, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law
Events with details coming soon:
- Labor and the Oil and Gas Industry
- An Industrial Policy for the Future of California Energy
- Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
- The Growing Role of Tech in Energy
- Economic Resilience and Economic Justice
- Climate and Environmental Justice
- How to Decarbonize Oil and Gas in California
- California Energy Policy Levers
- Energy, Climate, and Geopolitics
- Learning from China
- Emerging Energy Technologies