Wildfires are raging in Eastern Oregon. Dry and hot conditions set the stage…. Is it resilience or denial or delusion to adjust to changing conditions? … We have felt reluctant to advocate for partisan politics in this newsletter. But we are in a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency moment. Right now, the most urgent task is to ensure that Americans elect pro-science, pro-web-of-life leaders.

Minerva Ventures was on the organizing committee of the Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford University in June. The videos are now available from the event which included a lively debate on nuclear power featuring 2 Nobel Laureates.