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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.

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer Leverages State Investment to Spur Green Economy

Bill Lockyer
Bill Lockyer
As the treasurer for one of the world’s largest economies and as a boardmember at two of the country’s largest public pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer remains committed to reforming the way that the state does business in the name of sustainability despite the recent failures of the financial markets.

Bill Lockyer

President Barack Obama Issues Challenge: Reduce U.S. Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2050

President Obama
President Obama
A taped message to the 2008 Governor’s Global Climate Summit from then newly-elected President Barack Obama, whose words announced a drastic sea change in the federal approach to climate change.

President Barack Obama

Obama Inaugural Address Delivers Challenge to Build New Future

President Obama
President Obama
President Obama lays out the challenges for the nation in his Inaugural Address

President Barack Obama

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