Vol. 01: No. 07: Oct 2007

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


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


John Ashton
John Ashton
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


Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner
Few 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.

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


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?


Randy Truby
Randy Truby
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


John Hutton
John Hutton
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


Barry Berman
Barry Berman
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


Earl Blumenauer
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
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

 

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