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Women Power: Sandberg Inspires Four Thousand

Women Power: Sandberg Inspires Four Thousand

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues A frisson of excitement swept through the crowd as ABC’s Cheryl Jennings introduced Silicon Valley’s most famous woman. It was definitely a “rock star” moment for many of the four [...]

Jennifer Granholm: Amazing Race for Clean Energy

Jennifer Granholm: Amazing Race for Clean Energy

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Let’s face it, President Obama is struggling to get anything through Congress right now, never mind a national energy policy, but here’s a big idea from Berkeley’s Jennifer Granholm to [...]

Dianne Feinstein Plans Carbon Tax, Argues Against Keystone, Oil & Gas Subsidies

Dianne Feinstein Plans Carbon Tax, Argues Against Keystone, Oil & Gas Subsidies

Senator Dianne Feinstein shared her plans to introduce a new “carbon fee” bill, during a press conference Wednesday in downtown San Francisco. “I think a carbon fee is growing in popularity,” said Feinstein, after an appearance [...]

Al Gore: On Carbon Tax, SOTU and Silicon Valley

Al Gore: On Carbon Tax, SOTU and Silicon Valley

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Yesterday, Al Gore braved the picket line in Silicon Valley to appear at the Commonwealth Club and discuss his new book, “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change.” Needless to [...]

Elon Musk: On Obama, Climate Change & Government Regulation (Transcript)

Elon Musk: On Obama, Climate Change & Government Regulation (Transcript)

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues As the nation anticipates a “climate friendly” State of the Union speech from President Obama Tuesday, let’s take a look at what one of Silicon Valley’s most successful innovators and job [...]

EPA’s Lisa Jackson: On Fracking, Keystone and Running for Office

EPA’s Lisa Jackson: On Fracking, Keystone and Running for Office

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Environmental policy was front and center Tuesday evening at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley as EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson took the stage with former Michigan Governor, Jennifer Granholm. Fracking and [...]

Bill Clinton’s Hero: Former Climate Skeptic Richard Muller

Bill Clinton’s Hero: Former Climate Skeptic Richard Muller

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On December 7, President Bill Clinton appeared at Celebrity Forum in Silicon Valley and talked at length about climate change, referring to Berkeley scientist Dr. Richard Muller  as “a hero [...]

SolarCity IPO: Sunny Outlook with Clouds on Horizon

SolarCity IPO: Sunny Outlook with Clouds on Horizon

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This week SolarCity made public details of its plans for a $200M IPO, an all too rare sunny event for the clean energy sector in this doom laden post Solyndra [...]

Jerry Brown: On High Speed Rail and EVs

Jerry Brown: On High Speed Rail and EVs

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Governor Jerry Brown responded to questions from Fresh Dialogues today about high speed rail and electric vehicles at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s CEO Summit in Silicon Valley. Is he still an [...]

Tesla’s Model X: Made in California

Tesla’s Model X: Made in California

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Fresh Dialogues is delighted to announce that it is now a regular contributor to KQED’s Climate Watch, a multimedia initiative focusing on climate science and policy issues in California. Fresh [...]

Bloom Energy: A Closer Look at Adobe’s Bloom Boxes

Bloom Energy: A Closer Look at Adobe’s Bloom Boxes

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Ever wondered why so many companies and institutions like Google, eBay and Caltech are installing Bloom Energy’s fuel cell Bloom Boxes? Here’s a fascinating breakdown of the figures for Adobe’s [...]

Michelle Obama: How big is her green influence?

Michelle Obama: How big is her green influence?

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues How much influence does First Lady Michelle Obama have on the President and his green policies? I put this question to David Axelrod, President Obama’s chief political strategist and his answer [...]