The Alternative Car Expo
As the LA Auto Show talked the talk last week, across town the Alternative Car Expo shifted into high gear. Rick Sikes, Fleet Superintendent for the city of Santa Monica, gives us his report. LISTEN (11 min)
Mike Hudema: Independence From Oil at the LA Auto Show
After a keynote address by GM CEO Rick Wagoner, and lots of eco-chatter, Mike Hudema, Global Exchange‘s Independence from Oil Director, separates the rhetoric from reality at the Los Angeles Auto Show: "We don’t want concepts, we want commitments." LISTEN (8 min)
Felix Kramer and Plug-In Hybrids
Who’s afraid of the Plug-In Hybrid? Felix Kramer of Cal Cars and Plug-In America gets 100 miles/gallon, and thinks there are a few reasons why you might want to as well. LISTEN (12 min)
Joel Makower on the Future of Cars
Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com helps us navigate an widening variety of fuel-efficient, forward-thinking automobile technology. Joel says that sometimes the most surprising thing about a eco-friendly car is how normal it looks. LISTEN (12 min)
The Electric Car is Alive and Speeding
Martin Eberhard and Mike Harrigan of Tesla Motors slow down long enough to tell us about the Tesla Roadster, an electric car that’s faster than a Ferrari, and has a range of 250 miles. Running low? Just plug it into your wall.
LISTEN (12 min.)
California sues Big Six Automakers
Seatbelts. Airbags. Now Clean Air: California Deputy Attorney General Harrison Pollak breaks down the state’s potentially groundbreaking lawsuit against the Big Six Automakers.
LISTEN (7 min)
Kick the Oil Habit Road Trip
Supported by the Center for American Progress, they are trying to cross the US using only E85 fuel (the ethanol blend). Read the blog and LISTEN (7 min)
100+MPG
Shana Weber reflects on an ongoing disinformation campaign by the Competitive Institute and Felix
Kramer, Founder
of CalCars talks about Plug-In-Hybrids.
LISTEN (7:50 min)
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Carbon sequestration
The hot new eco-trend, Carbon sequestration – how you can
offset your emissions – will be discussed with Jason Smith, CEO of driveneutral.org and Craig Coulter, Partnership Director of carbonfund.org. Listen (11 min)
Arctic refuge and clean vehicles
We’ll start by a few moments from the celebration in San Francisco of 35 years of environmental advocacy by NRDC, including a few words by MC Robert Redford. Listen (3 min)
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We’ll get the latest on the effort to stop Congress from opening the Arctic Refuge for drilling from Sarah Wilhoite, Legislative Associate with Earthjustice .
Listen (3 min)
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We’ll then turn to whats fueling the U.S. oil grab….our thirsty gas guzzlers. Niel Golightly, Ford’s Sustainable Business Strategies Director, talks
about their efforts to improve the fleets lowest EPA mileage rating and
what he thinks of protests against the automaker scheduled for this
weekend. Listen (6 min)
We’ll also learn why Toyota, – the darling of enviros – is the
target of a campaign by Union of Concerned Scientists and others. well
talk to Louise Bedsworth, a senior analyst with their Clean Vehicles Program. Listen (8 min)
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And then Jeff Slye, CEO of Business Evolution Consulting will tell us what he learned doing eco-makeovers for the hotel industry. Listen (12 min)
LISTEN to THE WHOLE SHOW (37 min)