Proterra CEO Ryan Popple tells VX News how electric transit buses have emerged as a mainstream competitor that could displace diesel and natural gas.
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Submitted on October 25, 2017 - 3pm
SoCalGas's George Minter explains the potential of power-to-gas in the Southland, and how deploying natural gas vehicles today can achieve immediate emissions reductions.
Submitted on October 23, 2017 - 2pm
Khoo Teng Chye of the Centre for Liveable Cities explains how Singapore became an international model for sustainability.
Submitted on October 23, 2017 - 2pm
Global leaders convened last month to discuss how states and regions are moving forward on climate action, even with a vacuum of leadership in Washington D.C.
Submitted on September 22, 2017 - 5pm
Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka has innovative initiatives around zero-emission equipment and data-driven routing, even incubating new cleantech at the port.
Submitted on September 20, 2017 - 2pm
LA Metro's Jenna Hornstock (pictured) and Elizabeth Carvajal on perimeter improvements at Los Angeles Union Station.
Submitted on September 20, 2017 - 1pm
Michael Kodama explains the West Santa Ana Branch Corridor "megaproject"—a proposed light rail connecting Downtown Los Angeles to Southeast L.A. County, which has endured the loss of manufacturing jobs alongside heavy industrial pollution and a dearth of mobility options.
Submitted on September 20, 2017 - 1pm
Dan Richard, chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors, tells VX News how the evolving program is already stimulating investment despite the challenges ahead.
Submitted on September 13, 2017 - 5pm
Varun Sivaram speaks to VX News about the need for more continuous funding of low-carbon energy innovation to ensure that the cleanest possible products “unlock” incumbent technologies and proliferate.
Submitted on September 13, 2017 - 3pm
Lyft’s Director of Transportation Policy addresses how the company’s many public-private partnerships anticipate new urban mobility services—like on-demand autonomous vehicle fleets.
Submitted on September 13, 2017 - 3pm
CARB Chair Mary Nichols explains the potential impact of the Volkswagen settlement for electric transportation, as well as how the national leadership vacuum on climate change is affecting California's international partnerships.
Submitted on September 13, 2017 - 2pm
Southern California Edison President Ron Nichols on how the utility is approaching the opportunity of installing electric transportation infrastructure across California.
Submitted on August 24, 2017 - 10am
Enrique Zaldivar, General Manager of LA SAN, on getting to the city's zero waste goals and championing stormwater capture initiatives.
Submitted on August 23, 2017 - 3pm
County Supervisor Kuehl and Chief Sustainability Officer Gary Gero catch up on the county's water resiliency plan.
Submitted on July 21, 2017 - 2pm
After five years of leading the embattled authority in charge of implementing the California High Speed Rail project, Jeff Morales joins VX News for an exit interview to provide some insights on the future of the transformative rail network.
Submitted on July 21, 2017 - 2pm
Los Angeles water experts convened to discuss how integrated solutions could provide resilient and clean local water supply in an era of climate change.
Submitted on July 19, 2017 - 10pm
At a recent talk hosted by the Creative Artist Agency Foundation, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger charted a path forward for climate action at the subnational level of government.
Submitted on June 14, 2017 - 11am
Facing a dramatic cut in federal funding, VX News sat down with the head of Los Angeles' public transportation operation agency about the impacts to their ambitious flurry of rail projects.
Submitted on June 14, 2017 - 11am
Following President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, VX News sat down with former U.S. Ambassador to Germany John Emerson to gather his opinions on this administration’s impact on trade and commerce, climate action, and political discourse in Europe.
Submitted on March 28, 2017 - 1pm
How will business activities, especially in the clean tech and innovation sector, be affected by federal policies? At VX2017, VerdeXchange and the World Trade Center-Los Angeles convened political leaders to discuss the importance of trade and investment to the region and the United States in general.