TPR interviewed Mitch O'Farrell, the new councilmember for LA's 13th District, to discuss development, transportation, and the possibilities for a revitalized LA River.
Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, details the recent adjustments to the California Department of Water Resources changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and as the threats of climate change become more apparent, Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer explains why our current federal policy on natural disaster recovery is both fiscally unsustainable and life threatening.
Amy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director for Energy and Sustainability at University of California, Davis, examines the cyclic nature of oil markets and how this may destabilize the security of alternative energy and fuel markets.
The Port of Long Beach directors and commissioners discuss upgrading facilities, planning for the expansion of the Panama Canal, and greening operations.
Nate Lewis, Scientific Director of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) at Caltech, discusses the scale of climate change at the LAEDC Mid Year Economic Forecast.