David Victor Interviewed for Marketplace from American Public Media
11/19/2009
Sarah Gardner,
Marketplace, American Public Media
For a story featured on Marketplace, Professor David Victor was interviewed about Pacific Gas & Electric's efforts to go green. The transcription of the beginning of the story starts below:
KAI RYSSDAL: So far this week on our series "The Climate Race," we have been to the U.K. and to China. Taking a look at how those countries are trying to maximize their green technology profits. Whether next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen comes up with a substantive agreement or not, the environmental economy is set for a boom. To the tune of trillions of dollars worldwide.
The United States doesn't really regulate greenhouse-gas emissions at the moment. Many American businesses oppose a global treaty that would do that, as well as a law curbing emissions here at home. But some do embrace the idea. Including the West Coast power company Pacific Gas & Electric. Marketplace's Sarah Gardner reports.
Read the full transcription here. Listen to the story here.
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David Victor is director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, based at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
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