Alison van Diggelen

Governor Jerry Brown responded to questions from Fresh Dialogues Tuesday about high speed rail and electric vehicles at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's CEO Summit in Silicon Valley. Is he still an advocate for high speed rail in light of pressure, negative HSR reports...

SolarCity's CEO Lyndon Rive sat down with Fresh Dialogues last week to share details of the solar company's business model, rapid growth, and ultimate goal of being the world's largest energy provider. Yes indeed: this 35 year-old entrepreneur from South Africa anticipates no less than world...

Ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau had some provocative advice for those seeking to combat climate change. Action begins at home... and with our stomachs.

Last Friday in Silicon Valley, Fresh Dialogues sat down with the French film maker, Jean-Michel Cousteau to get the facts from...

Dan Akerson, CEO of General Motors spoke with Fresh Dialogues March 7 in San Francisco about the five-week suspension of Chevy Volt production; the future of what he described as GM's "statement car" and his surprisingly candid views on climate change.

Arguing that GM matches production...

In an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview in Silicon Valley last Friday, Obama's chief political strategist, David Axelrod, confirmed that despite the Solyndra bankruptcy, the administration's clean energy focus will continue. "We need to command the clean energy technology of the future... or we're going...

He's known as the "sexiest" astrophysicist alive, host of Nova ScienceNow on PBS, and Stephen Colbert's favorite interviewee. Neil deGrasse Tyson may be more comfortable talking black holes and cosmic quandaries, but on Friday in Silicon Valley, as the

Days before the Global Climate Talks in Durban, South Africa, NBC's Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw delivered a strong message in Silicon Valley for climate skeptics. In response to a Fresh Dialogues question about climate change, Brokaw said, "It's real, we...

Yesterday in D.C., Steven Chu defended his department's handling of the DoE loan guarantee to Solyndra. But here in Silicon Valley, what's the impact of Solyndra's failure on the venture capital industry? In this exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview, Andrew Chung, the newest...

Despite the economy, despite Solyndra, Google is on a green spending spree. By July this year it had invested over $700 million in clean energy. Today the figure is over $850 million and set to grow. In this Fresh Dialogues interview, we ask Google:...

Today Bill Weihl, Google's Green Czar confirmed that he's leaving the company as of November 8th. What does this mean for the future of green at Google? And the future of green innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond? Weihl has been the leader of Google's Clean...

Last night, Jeff Skoll joined an eminent group of change-makers - Bill Gates, Al Gore, Gordon Moore and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. He was honored in Silicon Valley with The Tech Awards top prize, the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award. This former eBay...

What exactly is it that makes Steve Jobs death so profoundly sad?

A friend from Scotland called him the world's only real-life Willy Wonka who brought magic and life and colour to the world.

But it wasn't just that he was the Thomas Edison of our day,...

As the Solyndra aftermath continues to ripple through the green economy, Fresh Dialogues found the mood was distinctly upbeat at the AlwaysOn Going Green Conference at San Francisco's City Hall last week. Google's Green Czar, Bill Weihl confirmed that the...

"You have no idea how much more you should be frustrated!" Gavin Newsom, California's lieutenant governor, was on fire in Silicon Valley last Tuesday. "Game change is leadership... If we don't get back in this game, we're in peril. We've had a 30-year precipitous decline... we have flatlined....

How is Google greening its rapidly growing army of Googlers, on and off campus? Biodiesel buses, Google bikes... But pogo sticks -- really?

I sat down with Parag Chokshi, Google's Clean Energy Public Affairs Manager, and he explained some of Google's employee incentives and...

Google's infamous Don't Be Evil mantra has inspired some remarkable projects, including the newly launched Google Ideas, but it's Google's Green Dream that caught my attention this week. I sat down with Parag Chokshi, Clean Energy Public Affairs Manager, at Google's Mountain View Headquarters....

As California's governor, Arnie's days are numbered. What kind of legacy will he leave? Seven years after he took office, California's financial problems are worse than ever, so no gold stars for financial or political reform, but perhaps Arnie can cling to his green legacy?

Today...

"We are not going to sit idly by and watch you dismantle our environmental achievements...which are also economic achievements," says Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which represents over 300 of the valley's major companies (including HP, Google and IBM).

In this exclusive

On the day of Tesla's IPO, Richard Lowenthal of Coulomb Technologies discusses the vital role of charging stations in creating a thriving ecosystem for electric vehicles like Tesla Roadster. In an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview, Lowenthal, a Silicon Valley based maker of charging stations, argues that...

In an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview, Jeffrey Toobin reveals his No. 1 pick for Stevens' replacement: Elena Kagan. The Supreme Court expert says of her: "She's very much an Obama type person, a moderate Democrat, a consensus builder..."

He also comments on her likely environmental leanings...