On 9 June 2009, Michael Mehling, president of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC, was featured on the radio station Los Alamos (KRSN AM 1490) as an invited guest in the radio program “Venus Transit Authority”. Discussing pathways to a sustainable, low-carbon economy, Michael Mehling provided insights on Germany's successful adoption of “feed-in tariffs” for renewable energy promotion, a measure that has prompted widespread innovation across Germany and created a significant number of new jobs in a high-tech export sector.

Given the current economic and financial crisis, the German experience has met with growing interest in the United States and globally as a way to channel current transformation processes towards jointly achieving climate policy objectives and speeding up the economic recovery. The program “Venus Transit Authority” on the Los Alamos-based radio station KRSN AM 1490 was broadcast live via radio and the Internet, and reached an estimated 8,000 listeners in New Mexico and across the United States.

The radio program “Venus Transit Authority” [mp3, 21 MB, English] on 9 June 2009 can be downloaded here.

Keywords: Climate, Renewable Energy, Feed-in Tariffs, Germany

Speaker: Michael Mehling
Program: “Venus Transit Authority”
Date: 09.06.2009
Location: Washington DC, USA