Sea Change Radio

Sea Change Radio West Coast Correspondent Alex Wise speaks with Rick Wilson, CEO of Cobalt Technologies, which has developed a new process to transform woody cellulose into biobutanol, and Karri Ving, Biofuel Coordinator for SFGreasecycle, which diverts fryer oil from being dumped in San Francisco’s sewers to turn it into biofuels that power the city’s [...]

Journalist and policy strategist David Bollier tells us about the idea of the commons, wind energy expert Patrick Quinlan talks about how wind power in Massachusetts has become a battleground over competing definitions of the commons, wind developer Dan Juhl talks about community wind power. And historian Kerry Buckley sums up the lessons of our series.

Lauren Compere, Director of Shareholder Advocacy at Boston Common Asset Management, discusses shareowner resolutions asking BP and Shell to report on the strategic risks of oil sands exploitation.  And Cary Krosinsky, Vice President of Trucost, talks about its analysis of the carbon intensity and environmental impacts of companies operating in Alberta’s oil sands.

Sea Change West Coast Correspondent Alex Wise speaks with Roland Evans, CEO of Organic Bountea, which makes compost tea as a natural alternative to petroleum fertilizers, and Lisa Gautier, Executive Director of Matter of Trust, which collects hair from barbershops and salons and weaves it into mats to soak up petroleum oil spills.

Sea Change Radio Host Bill Baue talks with Adam Kanzer of Domini Social Investments about the new SEC Investor Advisory Committee, on which he represents the socially responsible investing (SRI) community.  SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro established the committee as one of her first initiatives after taking the helm of the Commission in 2009.  In the [...]

In a January 27 vote – split three-to-two along party lines – SEC Commissioners approved interpretive guidance on rules requiring companies to disclose potential impacts of climate change on their bottom lines.  The move was prompted by a petition filed in September 2007 by Environmental Defense Fund – Finding the Ways That Work and Ceres.  [...]