Jennifer Granholm and Gillian Lester quoted in The Daily Californian, November 26, 2013

Granholm said that as the former governor of Michigan, she was inspired to format the class’s final as policy proposals to offer politicians innovative solutions to political challenges without reinventing the wheel.

Jennifer Granholm quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 2013

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has a hard time convincing her public policy students at UC Berkeley to go into public service. “Why,” they ask her, “would we go and try to get a job in D.C., where nothing is getting done or worse-than-nothing is getting done, when the action is in the private sector? These are the people who are making a difference in people’s lives.'” Washington, she said, “is becoming completely irrelevant.”

Jennifer Granholm interviewed by The Huffington Post, Fresh Dialogues blog, May 7, 2013

“If this could be seen as a job creation and climate change strategy, you would see overwhelming penetration. When the President did this for education, 48 out of 50 states raised their high school standards. That’s almost universal penetration. If you had 48 or 50 states put in place a clean energy standard, you would see a national energy strategy from the bottom up.”

Jennifer Granholm quoted in The Atlantic Cities, February 28, 2013

She’s on a crusade to establish a national clean energy policy framework, one that would be powered by states and metropolitan regions…. “Every state would have something to contribute. Every state has some kind of asset,” she says. Midwestern states might innovate in wind power, while the southwest and California would naturally embrace solar. The Northeast might excel in energy efficiency, Michigan in electric car batteries, and other regions in geo-thermal, nuclear power, or clean natural gas.

Jennifer Granholm cited in USA Today, January 3, 2013

Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm announced she is leaving Current TV and her public affairs program The War Room following the purchase of the cable network by Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab news giant that the government of Qatar finances.”We were told today that Al-Jazeera is the buyer for Current TV,” Granholm said in a posting on her Facebook page…. Granholm has been considered one of the network’s leading personalities.

Jennifer Granholm writes for POLITICO, December 5, 2012

Munich RE is an insurance company: what progressives often consider a methodical, calculating, machine using cold, heartless data to maximize profits. In a report to fellow insurance companies, Munich RE noted that the number of weather-related losses had quintupled over the past thirty years. In October, the company said, “Nowhere in the world is the rising number of natural catastrophes more evident than in North America.”

Jennifer Granholm writes for POLITICO, November 21, 2012

In order to keep America competitive — in order to remain “exceptional” — we must leverage the key strand of our national DNA: our global diversity. Our major national competitors are mostly homogeneous. Our diversity is our competitive advantage. Our blend of people and cultures and talent and perspectives can keep us the strongest, the smartest, the most advanced nation on Earth — if we have the right immigration policies.

Jennifer Granholm writes for POLITICO, November 16, 2012

I’m loath to give the Republicans advice, but I’d humbly suggest that rather than giving their organization an uncomfortable exam just to change their tone, technology and turnout, they consider changing their ideas. And I’d suggest they start by looking at their position on freedom. The Republican Party has a major credibility gap on that issue. Why? The Republicans are for free enterprise, but not free people. And that is their fundamental problem.

Jennifer Granholm writes for POLITICO, October 31, 2012

When Christie praises the president for working with him in a crisis, it gives me hope that maybeeven congressional Republicans might work with President Barack Obama in a second term. Call me Pollyanna, but if partisan, sharp-elbowed Christie canwork with the president, maybe all hope is not lost for D.C. Crisis might even bring the staunchest D.C. partisans together to serve a common American purpose.