The Present and Future of Oil and Gas in California

April 23, 2026 | 3:00 PM (Pacific Time) WEBINAR 1 | The Present and Future of Oil and Gas in California The first webinar of UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment's (CLEE) 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. In this webinar, we discuss how the state of California can manage the transition to low-carbon energy 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