VX News is the editorial voice of the annual VerdeXchange Conference, featuring in-depth interviews with industry leaders and policymakers driving innovation in clean energy, water, transportation, and climate policy.
Seattle's DOT Director Greg Spotts on Financing, Maintaining & Modernizing City’s Infrastructure
This VXNews interview, Greg Spotts, Director of Seattle's Department of Transportation (SDOT), focuses on the recent passage of Seattle’s Proposition 1—an 8-year $1.55 billion transportation levy that received 66% voter approval. T
Climate Change and LA28 Olympics Prioritize LA County Public Works Director Pestrella’s Agenda
In this comprehensive interview with Mark Pestrella, Director of the Los Angeles County Public Works, Pestrella delves into the multifaceted responsibilities of overseeing the largest public works agency in the United States.
Accelerating Water Resilience through Infrastructure Finance in California
Watch this panel discuss instruments that exist for providing supplemental, flexible, low-cost credit assistance to public and private borrowers for various types of wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water projects.
Tanya Peacock On California's Hydrogen Landscape, 45V Production Tax Credit, and Carbon Accounting
Tanya Peacock, Managing Director at EcoEngineers and chair of the California Hydrogen Business Council, elaborates, in this VX News interview, on the policies driving investments in low carbon intensity hydrogen – i.e.. the 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit, the status of ARCHES—with its $1.2 billion commitment from the federal government—and, the prospects for international and subnational leadership post-election on transitioning energy reliance to renewables.
Deputy Mayor Randall Winston on ED9: Developing LA's New Capital Improvement Plan
In this VX News Interview Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure, Randall Winston elaborates on Mayor Bass’s Executive Directive 9, which is intended to develop an integrated and funded city-wide, bureau-spanning Capital Improvement Plan.
LADWP’s New CEO & Chief Engineer Janisse Quiñones on Accelerating LA’s Clean Energy Transition
In this timely VXNews interview, LADWP’s new CEO & Chief Engineer Janisse Quiñones addresses LADWP’s critical role in Los Angeles’ transition to 100% clean energy by 2035 and highlights significant investments underway to increase capacity of transmission infrastructure to ensure reliability.
Thomas Small Insights on Regional Mobility & Move Culver City
To update readers on the status of Culver City’s recent mobility initiatives and to offer insights on the region’s progress toward multi-modal interconnection ahead of the 2028 Olympics, VX News checked in with Thomas Aujero Small, president and CEO of Culver City Forward and former mayor of Culver City. \
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson on Prioritizing Economic Opportunity
VX News interviewed Rex Richardson, on his agenda as Mayor of Long Beach and responsibilities as Chair of the new LA County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency.