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Gavin Newsom Interview with Current Green

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is interviewed by Current Green's Leah Lamb about his run for Governor and environmental initiatives. Questions were submitted by the Current Green community, alongside a few picks from our pals at Treehugger, Grist, Huffington Post, Chelsea Green, and Good Magazine.

Don't have 60 minutes to watch the entire interview: not to worry, check out the segments below:

Recycling and Composting Law:
http://current.com/items/90196483_gavin-newsom-on-recycling-and-composting-laws....

Closing CA State Parks:
http://current.com/items/90196479_gavin-newsom-on-closing-ca-state-parks.htm

Desalination:
http://current.com/items/90206227_gavin-newsom-on-desalination.htm

High Speed Rail:
http://current.com/items/90196502_gavin-newsom-on-the-high-speed-rail.htm

Solar Energy:
http://current.com/items/90196445_gavin-newsom-on-solar-energy.htm

Wind and Wave Power:
http://current.com/items/90196445_gavin-newsom-on-solar-energy.htm

The one thing he can transform while in office:
http://current.com/items/90196520_gavin-newsom-names-the-one-thing-he-thinks-he-...

Muni:
http://current.com/items/90196503_gavin-newsom-on-muni-and-public-transportation...

New Technologies:
http://current.com/items/90196484_gavin-newsom-on-new-technologies.htm

How to promote green: http://current.com/items/90196478_gavin-newsom-discusses-how-to-talk-green.htm

San Francisco's role in the sustainability movement: http://current.com/items/90196408_gavin-newsom-talks-about-san-franciscos-leader...
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  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  

    • How long Mayor Newsom it is in office? There is a big difference between thinking and talking and actually doing the stuff that needs to be done. Some people have no memory of events, no real facts and poor perception of reality. They believe in anything and that is where democracy fails and there goes one more wasted vote.

    • 2 years ago
  • blaino
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  

    • Another PR? We need Politicians that can act on the streets and change what is wrong on the streets. Red carpets flies do not need to apply. Follow me on twitter for this discussion;

      What is PR Journalism and Real Journalism.
      http://twitter.com/stopnoise

      "It is never good news when the truth doesn't come out!"

    • 2 years ago
  • Viajero
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      Viajero  

    • Newsom is smart, eloquent, and well-versed, and he looks good -- all qualities that can make him effective in Sacramento.

      His politics are close to mine, so I'd love to see him there to energetically promote sane, sustainable policies in CA, which has an inordinate influences on the country and the world. I am excited to see if he can help the dysfunctional mess that is state government.

      He is, as he admits, a politician, and IMO needs to slow down and say less when talking to other demographics than Current viewers. To sell these great ideas to "middle California" he needs to speak more slowly, and with less flourish.

      Brown is also a great guy who'd make an excellent guv (again), but Newsom really has the right stuff, and tons of energy. I'd love to see them share a ticket, though I know that's not possible.

      What I don't want to see is them ripping into each other in the primary -- please. Keep it civil, keep your ambitions in check for the good of the whole state and the ticket, and just let the chips fall where they will. Is this even possible?

      Would you consider an interview with Jerry Brown?

    • 2 years ago
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  

    • Please, learn about this issue. I am a reporter and journalist reporting on real issues affecting people's quality of life here in San Francisco. This in not some well crafted planned PR movement to make someone look cosmetic good. Every single day there is a mad dance of pollution happening here in San Francisco. For that I cannot jump in your bandwagon where the Media are cosmetically making you look as the Environmental Mayor. Excuse me people, I have ethics before the lies and production to follow through.

    • 2 years ago
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  

    • It seems to me that many of you cannot differentiate PR journalism from real Journalism. Is this where we are heading to? PR Journalism with cooked questions, very little challenge on quality of life issues that affects the health of people. Please follow this discussion here on Twitter; http://twitter.com/stopnoise

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
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      leahl  
    • stopnoise:

      Hey Stopnoise,
      You have raised a few important issues. Two things: To clarify: the questions that were asked were posed by the Current community and voted on by 5pm on June 9th. http://current.com/items/90179121_drum-roll-please-the-top-6-questions-posted-at...

      Regarding your comment on PR media: I selected Gavin Newsom because the role of CA Governor has national and international influence on environmental policy. San Francisco is a leader re: creating policy's that focus on sustainability practices. I do not claim to be a journalist, I host a show on green topics and bring in people that I hope will be of interest and add value to the experience of Current/green.

      I welcome your thoughtfulness and concern, and look forward to hearing your recommendations for future shows.

    • 2 years ago
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  
    • stopnoise:

      Nothing about your work or Mario's work Leah. I did gave 100 points, in my conception; (the max number of points); figuratively speaking. So both of your work was good. My point is that I am not buying the process of how the questions was lobbied. Very few people that formulate those questions lives in San Francisco and have no idea what is happening here on the daily basis. I would like to make clear that I have nothing against the person of Gavin Newsom but I have many questions in regards to his transportation administration that it is since 2001; excessively abusive towards inhabitants thus violating their rights under his watch. In addition we also have the worse carbon footprint from vehicles around Bay Area. These are very important quality of life issues that affects everyone and that was not played as a challenge by anyone except I and my own question. So I am raising this issue of voting manipulation and the difference between PR Journalism and Real Journalism. What happens when a small controlled majority is wrong? The real truth never comes out. It becomes a cover up! "Coverups" are tine little bits of crime against the innocent that destroy life in short and in the long run. I cannot agree with that! I am not a murder.

    • 2 years ago
  • asherp
  • unimatrix0
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  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Wonderful interview. Mayor Newsom is so knowledgable on environmental issues that I think California will be a very well run state "when" he is Governor ;-). Thank you for answering my question about the water crisis and I wholeheartedly agree about changing behaviors regarding water. It is absolutely what will save us from having to go to these expensive energy intensive technologies such as desalination on a large scale that would imo actually hurt our oceans in the longrun. Conservation combined with incentives are the way to go. There are also composting toilets, waterless toilets, low volume showerheads, rainbarrels, all the way through to technologies that save water through irrigation down to the types of soil that hold more water, etc. All it takes is us thinking beyond the status quo and using our creativity to actually better our lives while protecting our resources. Only , please governments, realize that water is a human right, and it should not be a crime to save water in rainbarrels.;-).

      Thanks for this Current Green, can't wait for the next one.

      Addition by me:

      Also, what he stated about locally grown food was right on the mark. Why should any community have to buy food that was trucked for thousands of miles if they can grow it right in their own community? I think this is what the bills in Congress are really hoping to stop, because if communities start doing this en masse, it would put industrial agriculture out of business. I think peoplel need to start going to their city planning boards and trying to work out co-ops with residents to buy a piece of land to grow their own food. Communities that are self sufficient have more power to be part of the world as a whole.

    • 2 years ago
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