Climate One
We’re living through a climate emergency; addressing this crisis begins by talking about it. Co-Hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious bring you empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the challenge — the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.
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Salmon Odyssey (6/3/11)
If wild salmon are to survive, in California and elsewhere, we must acknowledge that well-intentioned human ingenuity in the form of dam construction has failed. Tough choices await, says this panel of experts.
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Sustainable Urbanism (5/25/11)
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, sustainable projects close to transit is a challenge, says this panel of experts.
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Peter Calthorpe, Founder, Calthorpe Associates;...
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 ever made sense, it certainly doesn’t now, Peter Calthorpe says.
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Edward Humes: Wal-Mart; Force of Nature or Gree...
Wal-Mart isn't a sustainable company, says author Edward Humes, but the mega-retailer is investing in sustainability. Humes, author of Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart’s Green Revolution, describes Wal-Mart's pivot toward green.
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Charge It (5/12/11)
Consumers are ready for electric vehicles. Entrepreneurs and policymakers just need to hustle to work out the kinks in the nationwide networks that will charge the cars, says this panel of experts assembled at Climate One.
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Pole Position (5/12/11)
Before electric vehicles dominate the market, industry, policymakers, and consumers will have to grapple with some unresolved questions, says this panel of industry giants and start-ups.
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Dr. Tim Flannery: A Natural History of the Plan...
Tim Flannery doesn’t do pessimism. Flannery explains the source of his optimism, a major theme of his new book, Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet, in this Climate One conversation at the Hoover Theatre, in San Jose.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, Member, United States...
In this Climate One conversation at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco, Senator Dianne Feinstein touches on some longtime pursuits – national security experience and protecting the California desert from development.
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Measure What? (4/15/11)
Forward-thinking companies are coming to realize that sustainability isn’t just good for their bottom lines; it makes it easier to win over customers and compete in the market, say Michel Gelobter of Hara, Eric Olson of BSR, and Glen Low of Blu Skye.
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Cell Power: Sprint CEO Dan Hesse (4/15/11)
Sprint wants to be recognized as the green leader in the wireless industry, says CEO Dan Hesse. Hesse warns against the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile and announces the release of the fourth phone in Sprint’s green series, the Samsung Replenish.
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Nuclear Power: Setting Sun? (4/8/11)
This panel agrees that nuclear power, despite offering the promise of carbon-free electricity and safer next-generation reactors, is challenged by steep upfront costs and where to store spent fuel.
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Energy Policy: What’s Next? (4/5/11)
The United States does not have a national energy policy. In this panel convened by Climate One, three experts long involved in the US energy debate conspire to shape their own.
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Jim Rogers: Duke of Energy (4/5/11)
Outside of the Oval Office, one of the most influential voices in the energy debate is Jim Rogers, Chairman + CEO of Duke Energy. Here Rogers talks about the future of energy policy in the United States in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.
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Ted Danson: Our Endangered Oceans and What We C...
Celebrated actor Ted Danson has devoted himself to heading off a global catastrophe: the destruction of our oceanic bio-systems and the collapse of fisheries. Danson talks about the manifold threats to oceans, the subject of his new book, Oceana.
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Cloud Power: Microsoft + Google (3/11/11)
Arch rivals Microsoft and Google find common cause at Climate One promoting the energy efficiency of the cloud. Rob Bernard of Microsoft and Google’s William Weihl say smart IT can reduce emissions, help green the grid, and save money.
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Generation Hot (3/9/11)
The climate change debate in America appears hopelessly stuck. If the US is to have any chance to break the stalemate, young people must get involved and force their voice to be heard, says this panel of activists convened by Climate One.
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American Wasteland (3/7/11)
The ubiquity of food in the United States blinds the mind to a tragic fact: much of it is wasted. Exact numbers are elusive, but estimates suggest that at least a quarter and as much as half of the food produced in this country is never consumed.
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EVs + Smart Grid. Horsepower: Accelerating EVs ...
Born before the Model T, revived and then extinguished a decade ago by GM, the electric vehicle is poised to dominate the global car industry, says this panel of transportation experts convened by Climate One.
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EVs + Smart Grid. People Power: Rethinking Elec...
The utility-consumer relationship is primed for a fundamental overhaul. Armed with information, formerly passive consumers will take charge of their energy future, say a panel of experts convened by Climate One.
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Why Family Dinners Matter: How Every Concern Cr...
We are at risk of losing a cherished and nourishing tradition, the family dinner, says author and activist Laurie David. Producer of An Inconvenient Truth and author of The Family Dinner, David says a host of pressures threaten the family dinner.
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Science As A Contact Sport
How are the venomous personal attacks on climate scientists impacting their work? Is the scrutiny causing them to be even more cautious than they are by nature? A chilling effect? What needs to be done to make scientists better public communicators?
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Proposition 23: Job Killer or Creator?
Is AB 32, California’s law limiting carbon pollution, a job killer or job creator?
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Calories and Carbon
Improving our eating habits is one of the best ways to reduce our environmental and carbon footprint, while also trimming our waistlines. How do we get the biggest bang for our dietary bucks?
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The Climate Fix?
What’s the most efficient way to minimize the impacts of climate change? Public policy? Pielke, who is affiliated with The Breakthrough Institute, is critical of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
With a bruised economy and developing countries on the rise, can the U.S. lead the world in the 21st century? Join us for a conversation with Sec. of State Clinton at the intersection of diplomacy, innovation and the prospects for a clean and safe future.
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