Vol. 01: No. 07: Oct 2007
DEFRA's Martin Nesbit Forecasts Europe's Low Carbon Policies
Submitted by admin on November 20, 2007 - 8:00pm.A forthcoming, much anticipated report from the European Commission will redefine Europe's path to a low carbon economy. In an exclusive VerdeXchange News interview, Martin Nesbit, the head of the National Climate Change Policy Division.
U.K.'s Low Carbon Economy Goals Present Political Challenges Rather than Policy Challenges
Submitted by admin on November 10, 2007 - 1:00am.John Ashton is the U.K. foreign secretary's special representative for climate change. The following includes a speech given by Mr. Ashton at an event hosted by the British Consulate-General earlier this month with VerdeXchange News, in which Mr. Ashton details what he sees as an opportunity for the largest public private partnership in history.
Brazil's Jaime Lerner Recommends 'Urban Acupuncture' for Cities
Submitted by admin on November 10, 2007 - 12:53am.Investment in Renewables: From Boring to Sexy; New, Exciting Markets Attract Capital
Submitted by admin on November 10, 2007 - 12:33am.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 held earlier this month. The panel surveyed emerging technologies and new approaches to renewable energy.
Reverse Osmosis and Toray Membrane USA: Can Desalination Finally Solve Water Scarcity?
Submitted by admin on November 10, 2007 - 12:26am.Questions remain regarding the impacts of climate change on water supplies, but technology advances in water reuse and desalination clearly offer compelling solutions for global water challenges. In the following VerdeXchange News interviews Randy Truby.
U.K.'s John Hutton Argues for Well-Regulated Markets to Meet Challenges of Climate Change
Submitted by admin on November 10, 2007 - 12:20am.One of Gordon Brown's first actions as prime minister of the U.K. was to create the Department of Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and to name John Hutton secretary of state for the new department. VerdeXchange News is pleased to present the following speech.
AgriPower's Transportable Power Plants Convert Bio-Waste to Electricity
Submitted by admin on November 10, 2007 - 12:15am.AgriPower's Transportable Power Plants Convert Bio-Waste to ElectricityIn the following VerdeXchange News interview, 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.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer Demystifies Federal Energy Bill
Submitted by admin on October 20, 2007 - 12:46am.Long 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


