In conversation with VX News, California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot discusses advancing climate resilience across land, water, and energy systems as extreme weather intensifies. From wildfire resilience and biodiversity restoration to the state’s long-term Water Supply Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future, Crowfoot outlines how California is preparing for a projected 10 percent decline in water supply while supporting a population of nearly 40 million people.

In conversation with VX News, Chief Executive Officer Rod Colwell of Controlled Thermal Resources, traces the company’s evolution from a geothermal power developer into a vertically integrated energy and critical-minerals platform centered in California’s Imperial County.

In conversation with VX News, Coby Skye reflects on his transition from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to leading the San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA), where regional collaboration is advancing organic waste diversion and SB 1383 compliance.

As California confronts overlapping wildfire rebuilding pressures, housing shortages, and climate adaptation challenges, standardized off-site construction is gaining renewed policy and market attention. In conversation, ReMo Homes Founder & CEO Vamsi Kumar Kotla discusses the statewide approval of SupReMo™, a pre-engineered housing model designed to streamline permitting, reduce soft costs, and accelerate scalable housing delivery. 

CARB Chair Lauren Sanchez details California’s proposed $200 million rebate strategy to backfill lost federal EV incentives and maintain market momentum. She addresses rising U.S. manufacturing competition, pressures in the ZEV credit market, and the legal stakes around California’s Clean Air Act waiver, while pointing to cap-and-invest funding, heavy-duty fleet electrification, and wildfire mitigation as key pillars of the state’s path forward.

As wildfire rebuilding, affordability pressures, and labor constraints converge, off-site construction is moving from niche solution to market necessity. In this interview, Founder and CEO of Plant Prefab, Steve Glenn, reflects on two decades in industrialized housing, tracing how prefab has evolved from design experimentation to a delivery-driven business shaped by automation, permitting frameworks, and capital discipline.

Bob Foster’s legacy is not reducible to a single policy win. It is an enduring reminder that leadership and policy challenges are addressed and solved less by slogans than by courageous leadership advancing and institutionalizing frameworks that survive political turnover.

Water doesn’t fail for lack of technology—it fails for lack of implementation. In this VX News interview, Booky Oren, former executive chair of Israel’s national water utility and CEO and founder of Booky Oren Global Water Technologies, explains why scaling proven water solutions remains so difficult, what utilities actually need to manage risk, and how global knowledge-sharing can accelerate resilience.