The Takeaway interviews me and NYT’s Andrew Revkin about Masdar City.

“What does it take to build a carbon-neutral metropolis?” The Takeaway, January 19 2009

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Jesse Baker, Kent DePinto

Guests: Jesse Fox, Andrew Revkin

Masdar City is a planned city in Abu Dhabi that promises to be the world’s first carbon neutral metropolis. This week, it is home to the second World Future Energy Summit, a conference that promises to be a who’s who of global energy politics. But can a carbon neutral community really exist? What does it take to construct and support one? Jesse Fox, an urban planner and contributing writer for TreeHugger.com joins The Takeaway from the Summit along with Andrew Revkin, writer of the New York Times Dot Earth blog.

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