Tranmission is a substantial obstacle to renewable energy development, the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative has a roadmap to build solutions.
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Submitted on December 11, 2009 - 10am
Submitted on November 6, 2009 - 2pm
Josh Margolis, CEO of carbon market broker CantorCO2e, describes the unsettled state of cap and trade mechanisms around the world.
Submitted on October 19, 2009 - 10am
Questions and answers from the "Accelerating the Integration & Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies: Wind, Solar Power, GeoThermal" panel at the 2009 VERDEXCHANGE Green Marketmakers Conference
Submitted on August 26, 2009 - 5pm
With forthcoming legislative packages showing promise for reform, including the surface transportation reauthorization and a climate change bill, Rep. Blumenauer details the developments in D.C.
Submitted on August 26, 2009 - 5pm
Frank Liesman, Assistant Chief Counsel for Dart Container Corp., a leading manufacturer of polystyrene food packaging, argues that the material is practical from more than just a business standpoint.
Submitted on August 26, 2009 - 12pm
Vice Chancellor Marvin Martinez discusses the Los Angeles Ccommunity College District's plans to establish a sustainability institute within the district in order to prepare a green workforce for the new, carbon constrained economy.
Submitted on August 24, 2009 - 3pm
on>Joicco/SPAN>Joicco, senior fellow for automotive strategies at the Environmental Defense Fund, lays out his organization’s frustration with the auto industry.
Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 11am
The California Air Resources Board approved the landmark Low Carbon Fuel Standard on April 23, 2009. VerdeXchange News presents excerpts from the Executive Summary of the CARB staff report that proceeded that decision in order to elucidate the decision's impact and scope.
Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 11am
Former U.S. Trade Representative and Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor advocates policy changes at the federal and international level focusing on trade as the driver of long term economic and environmental sustainability.
Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 11am
Comments from an interview of President Bill Clinton on September 11, 2002, about the potential of cleantech to create a safer country and a more economically and environmentally sustainable country, supplemented by remarks and coverage of President Obama on Earth Day 2009.
Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 11am
SFPUC Assistant General Manager Laura Spanjian presents a list of the SFPUC’s many ambitious programs to build efficiencies and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses from the use of water and power in the Bay Area.
Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 11am
James Hankla and S. David Freeman, heads of the boards for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, respectively, detail the environmental agenda at the ports during a panel at the 2009 VerdeXchange Green Marketmakers Conference.
Submitted on April 24, 2009 - 11am
An inspiring example that the work of just one dedicated individual can have a tremendous impact on the development of game-changing technology, Canadian Marcelo da Luz is in the midst of a record-breaking journey across North America in his solar powered car, the Power of One.
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
California Air Resources Chair Mary Nichols describes the comprehensive scope of California’s landmark AB 32 Scoping Plan.
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
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Rep. EarCongressman Blum opines on historic events such as CARB’s adoption of the AB 32 Scoping Plan, a new president, and a new Congress.
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
National Resources Defense Council Western Director Felicia Marcus discusses California’s plans to expedite the renewable development process.
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
VXN: Karen Bass, the Speaker of the Assembly, recently named you as assistant majority leader and appointed you as the first chair to the newly created Select Committee on Renewable Energy. Elaborate on what such responsibilities include.
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
As the treasurer for one of the world’s largest economies and as a boardmember at two of the country’s largest public pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer remains committed to reforming the way that the state does business in the name of sustainability despite the recent failures of the financial markets.
Submitted on January 25, 2009 - 1pm
A taped message to the 2008 Governor’s Global Climate Summit from then newly-elected President Barack Obama, whose words announced a drastic sea change in the federal approach to climate change.