Drop In, Scale Up?

October 6, 2011

Next-generation biofuels are on the verge of a breakthrough but aren’t ready to displace conventional fuels, three Bay Area biofuel company CEOs say...

Truckin'

October 6, 2011

In August, the Obama administration announced the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses.  John Boesel, CEO...

Jeremy Rifkin and the Third Industrial Revolution

October 3, 2011

The world is doomed to repeat four-year cycles of booms followed by crashes if we don’t get off oil, Jeremy Rifkin warns in this Climate One talk. ...

Big Green

September 28, 2011

It would not seem a fruitful time to be on the frontlines in the fight to protect the environment in the United States, with the EPA under daily...

Carbon & Courts: Cap and Trade

September 14, 2011

It might be the only reference to Star Wars you’ll ever hear at Climate One. Reaching for an analogy to drive home the impact of a shrinking cap on...

Carbon & Courts: Atmospheric Trust

September 14, 2011

With climate legislation dead in Congress, and the international climate talks years from resolution, some proponents of climate action are turning to...

Secretary Ken Salazar

September 19, 2011

California reservoirs are at healthy levels this year, but the state’s water system remains in crisis. Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior

Ecosystem Services

September 13, 2011

“Humanity needs nature to thrive.” For Peter Seligmann, who delivers that line, and Jib Ellison, who shares the stage with him at this Climate One...

Blessed 350

September 8, 2011

In this Climate One conversation, two of the most influential environmentalists of the past 30 years share the same stage for just the second time in...

Canada’s Oil Sands

August 30, 2011

The 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline would carry heavy crude oil from Alberta to America’s Gulf Coast refineries. Cassie Doyle, Consul General, Canada...

Power Down

July 22, 2011

Energy underpins our civilization. It’s hardly surprising that convincing people to use less of something so tied to their comfort and survival is...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Democracy and Free Markets

June 17, 2011

The fact that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is so readily embraced by progressives can conceal that his message is an inherently conservative one.  Robert F...

Crops, Cattle and Carbon

June 14, 2011

Making California’s farms more energy efficient, and ensuring that farmers can adapt to a warmer planet, will be a decades-long challenge, agrees this...

Salmon Odyssey

June 3, 2011

In the post-World War II boom, previous generations prioritized cheap electricity and economic development over salmon. On the West Coast, huge dams...

Sustainable Urbanism

May 25, 2011

Infill development is hard. Even in California, one of the few states to have given local officials guidance on how to plan for growth, building smart...

Peter Calthorpe: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

May 25, 2011

It’s a love story gone horribly wrong. Big cars, ever-bigger homes, distant suburbs – all of it kept afloat by cheap oil. If this American arrangement...

Wal-Mart: Force of Nature or Greenwashing?

May 17, 2011

Wal-Mart is not a sustainable company, says author Edward Humes. But the mega-retailer is making money by investing in sustainability. The story of...

Charge It

May 12, 2011

Consumers are ready for electric vehicles. Entrepreneurs and policymakers just need to hustle to work out the kinks in the nationwide networks that...

Pole Position

May 12, 2011

Fifteen years have passed since a major automaker has attempted to market an electric vehicle. Within five years, rare will be the auto showroom that...

Senator Dianne Feinstein: Guns, Drones and Carbon

April 28, 2011

In this Climate One conversation at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, in San Francisco, Senator Dianne Feinstein touches on some longtime pursuits – national...