Category Archives: Energy

Betsy got up very early this morning to speak on New York based AAR Morning Sedition about the abysmal energy policies promoted by Bush and co.
Listen (12 min)

We’ll drill down and see what’s really in store for America’s energy
future now that the long delayed, much debated energy bill has been signed. Were
the oil and coal industries the only winners or is there something in there for
the rest of us? In signing the legislation Bush said nuclear power offers great
promise but is it a safe or cost effective?

Author and commentator, Mark
Hertsgaard will weigh in about the real cost of nuclear energy and tell us why "peak oil" is going to become a
familiar concept.
Listen (17 min)

Bob Borosage, of The Campaign for America’s
Future and the Apollo Alliance, will tell us what states are doing to be more "conserve-ative" since
the federal government is MIA on energy efficiency leadership.
Listen (19 min)

LISTEN to the whole progam (37 min)

Betsy’s guests talk about alternative energies.

Dan Carol of the Apollo Alliance expands on his previous conversation last week about how to develop clean energy and independence from oil while creating jobs. Listen (15 min)

Troy Helming is the CEO of Krystal Planet Energy: he wants to enroll 1 million homes on clean energy via grassroots marketing. Listen (14 min)

Jared Blumenfeld is Director of San Francisco’s Department of the Environment: he explains the city’s programs to promote solar energy.
Listen (7 min)

More on  San Francisco solar power while you can also read the nice piece he wrote about tidal power 🙂

Here is the link if you want to listen to the whole show (37 min)