VerdeXchange News

Environmental Defense Fund Explores Strategies for Building a Sustainable American Car Industry

John DeCicco
John DeCicco
John DeCicco, senior fellow for automotive strategies at the Environmental Defense Fund, lays out his organization’s frustration with the auto industry.

John DeCicco
John DeCicco

Presidents Obama, Clinton Speak With One Voice on Global Warming, Energy

President Clinton
President Clinton
Comments from an interview of President Bill Clinton on September 11, 2002, about the potential of cleantech to create a safer country and a more economically and environmentally sustainable country, supplemented by remarks and coverage of President Obama on Earth Day 2009.


San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Promotes and Manages Sustainable ‘Water, Wastewater, and Power’ Systems

Laura Spanjian
Laura Spanjian
SFPUC Assistant General Manager Laura Spanjian presents a list of the SFPUC’s many ambitious programs to build efficiencies and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses from the use of water and power in the Bay Area.

Laura Spanjian

Litigation Slows Implementation of Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports’ Ambitious, Contentious Clean Trucks Program

James Hankla
James Hankla
James Hankla and S. David Freeman, heads of the boards for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, respectively, detail the environmental agenda at the ports during a panel at the 2009 VerdeXchange Green Marketmakers Conference.

 James Hankla

Canadian Solar Car Designer Breaks Solar Car Distance Record—Travels 12,000 Miles, Proves ‘It Can Be Done’

Marcelo da Luz
Marcelo da Luz
An inspiring example that the work of just one dedicated individual can have a tremendous impact on the development of game-changing technology, Canadian Marcelo da Luz is in the midst of a record-breaking journey across North America in his solar powered car, the Power of One.

Marcelo da Luz

Nichols: CARB’s AB 32 Long Term Scoping Plan Approved—Carbon Markets Await Signals

Mary Nichols
Mary Nichols
California Air Resources Chair Mary Nichols describes the comprehensive scope of California’s landmark AB 32 Scoping Plan.

 

Mary Nichols

Blumenauer On New President and Congress’ Plans for Climate Change, Public Investment

Re. Earl Blumenauer
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Congressman Blumenauer
opines on historic events such as CARB’s adoption of the AB 32 Scoping Plan, a new president, and a new Congress.

Earl Blumenauer
Rep.

NRDC'S Felicia Marcus Streamling Transmission Approval Process

Marcus
Felicia Marcus
National Resources Defense Council Western Director Felicia Marcus discusses California’s plans to expedite the renewable development process.

Marcus

UC Davis Professor Dan Sperling’s New Book Offers Strategies To Reduce Car Dependence

Dan Sperling
Prof. Dan Sperling
Two Billion Cars author offers presciptions for the disease of the fossil fuel burning automobile's impact on the earth.

Dan Sperling

California Assemblyman Paul Krekorian Assumes Chair of New Select Committee on Renewable Energy

Paul Krekorian
Paul Krekorian
It’s not just the federal levels of government that have been undergoing a makeover in recent months. In California, a new leadership team, including Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass and Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg, has entered power amidst a worsening budget crisis that threatens to derail significant state projects and programs. Appointed as the assistant majority leader by Speaker Bass, Assemblyman Paul Krekorian will play a critical role in the upcoming legislative session, and in the following VerdeXchange News interview he explains the substantial challenges awaiting the Legislature in the year 2009.