Climate Progress on the Airwaves and in the News

Check out this podcast interview on E&ETV and this interview on Pacifica Radio.

Also, check out this story on “Getting hydrogen cars to live up to their hype” — an article whose title seems a response to my last book, The Hype about Hydrogen:

During the Clinton and Bush administrations, the federal government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars a year on advanced automotive technology. Joseph Romm, an Energy Department official in the late 1990s, estimates the total expense at $3 billion since the early 1990s.

President Clinton launched an initiative called the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles. The goal of the program was to deliver an advanced hybrid family sedan that could get 80 miles per gallon….

“As soon as George Bush got elected, the U.S. car companies walked away from the partnership and didn’t continue developing hybrids,” Romm said. “And the Japanese did. As a result, they ended up the leaders.”

And catch Climate Progress on CNBC Wednesday Morning at 10:20….