Vol. 01: No. 07: Oct 2007

DEFRA's Martin Nesbit Forecasts Europe's Low Carbon Policies

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 20, 2007 - 1:00pm

Martin Nesbit
Martin NesbitMartin Nesbit, the head of the National Climate Change Policy Division for the U.K. Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) reviews the lessons already learned by Europe regarding climate change regulation.

Martin Nesbit

U.K.'s Low Carbon Economy Goals Present Political Challenges Rather than Policy Challenges

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 9, 2007 - 6:00pm

John Ashton
John AshtonJohn Ashton,U.K. foreign secretary's special representative for climate change, details what he sees as an opportunity for the largest public-private partnership in history.

John Ashton

Brazil's Jaime Lerner Recommends 'Urban Acupuncture' for Cities

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 9, 2007 - 5:53pm

Jaime Lerner
Jaime LernerFew former planners and architects tout more caché than Jaime Lerner, who, as mayor of Curitiba and governor of the state of Parana in Brazil, implemented groundbreaking and widely imitated improvements to infrastructure and the built environment.

Jaime Lerner

Investment in Renewables: From Boring to Sexy; New, Exciting Markets Attract Capital

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 9, 2007 - 5:33pm

Excerpts from the "Technology Insight—Developments in New and Exciting Markets" panel at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in London, which surveyed emerging technologies and new approaches to renewable energy.

The following are excerpts from the "Technology Insight—Developments in New and Exciting Markets" panel at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in London, which was

Reverse Osmosis and Toray Membrane USA: Can Desalination Finally Solve Water Scarcity?

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 9, 2007 - 5:26pm

Randy Truby
Randy Truby Questions remain regarding the impacts of climate change on water supplies, but technological advances in water reuse and desalination clearly offer compelling solutions for global water challenges.

Randy Truby

U.K.'s John Hutton Argues for Well-Regulated Markets to Meet Challenges of Climate Change

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 9, 2007 - 5:20pm

John Hutton
John HuttonJohn Hutton secretary of state for the U.K.'s Department of Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform details some of the ways that the U.K. and California have served to develop complimentary, groundbreaking legislation and technologies that are leading the world in the fight against climate change.

John Hutton

AgriPower's Transportable Power Plants Convert Bio-Waste to Electricity

Submitted by Verdexchange on November 9, 2007 - 5:15pm

Barry Berman
Barry Berman

Barry Berman, CEO of AgriPower, describes his company's waste-conversion technology, which manufactures energy from forms of waste produced by the spectrum of the world's activities.

Barry Berman

Congressman Earl Blumenauer Demystifies Federal Energy Bill

Submitted by Verdexchange on October 19, 2007 - 5:46pm

Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Rep. Earl
BlumenauerLong one of Congress' most sustainable- thinking members, Rep. Earl Blumenauer spoke with VerdeXchange News about the differences between the House and Senate versions of the Energy Bill.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer
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