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Driving the Alternative Energy Marketplace at VX2010: The VERDEXCHANGE Green Marketmakers Conference

Submitted by Verdexchange on January 27, 2010 - 2:44pm

VX2010 was held this week in Los Angeles. Over 400 business and political leaders gathered to explore the cutting edge of green technology and policy.

VX2011 Panel: Climate Finance—Show Me The Money!

Submitted by Verdexchange on June 9, 2011 - 11:51am

Allan EmkinExcerpts from a panel titled Climate Finance Show Me the Money? from VX2011 Los Angeles follow the jump. This panel has taken place all four years of the conference, proving to be one of the most popular panels among attendees of the conference, even if the mood has changed substantially in that time. At VX2011, the panel had good news to report in terms of fund performance, despite lagging clean tech investment due to the effects of the global recession. The panel included moderator Allan Emkin, PCA Managing Partner and panelists included; Brian Rice, CalSTRS investment officer; John Babcock, partner, Rustic Canyon; and Jon Naimon, founder and managing partner, Light Green Advisors.

U.S. Congress Moving Bill To Undercut U.S. EPA: Mary Nichols Op-Ed

Submitted by Verdexchange on June 9, 2011 - 10:46am

Mary NicholsThe political winds in Washington D.C. shifted in November. Just when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was expanding its powers to regulate carbon emissions in lieu of comprehensive federal legislation, the U.S. House of Representatives moved the “Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011,” which would effectively strip the EPA of the power to regulate carbon emissions under the authority of the Federal Clean Air Act. After the jump is an exclusive op-ed with California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols, who details the consequences of such legislation.