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China is rapidly becoming the world’s leading manufacturer of renewable energy products. China is now producing 35-45% of the planet’s photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, though over 95% of these panels are exported. The Chinese government is now looking into preferential pricing policies (such as a feed-in tariff) to promote solar energy deployment domestically. Check out this [...] China Reveals Extensive Pollution Survey China has been rapidly building up its renewable energy production and investing in sustainable energy while the U.S. continues to stall and take small incremental steps. Failing to assess the stakes of the global sustainable energy race could be a costly missed opportunity for the U.S. economy. Residents walk pass a group of solar power [...] President Obama discussing clean energy during the state of the union. Source: whitehouse.gov Going into his first State of the Union address to Congress, I was curious to see if Obama would scale back initiatives that he has placed at the center of his agenda in the face of the US’ fiscal problems. I wanted [...] China takes the lead in wind energy development from ClimateWorks on Vimeo. In the past three years, China has emerged as a world leader in the development of renewable energy as a part of its growing efforts to combat climate change and create new jobs in clean technologies. In October, ClimateWorks traveled to China to get [...] The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Copenhagen is now 5 days old. As expected, the gathering of 193 country delegates and a combined 16,500 international negotiators, NGO representatives, activists, and journalists at the Bella Center is showcasing some of the most difficult political and economic challenges facing the global community [...] The US and China Unveil Clean Energy Collaboration South Korea Pledges Aggressive Emission Cuts Prospects at Copenhagen: No Deal, No time Moving Species? In the introductory post of this series, I briefly discussed the need to shed light on a few areas that, in my view, are encouraging signs of things to come – of the possibilities in a post-Kyoto world. First off, as anyone who carefully follows both the scientific and political developments surrounding climate change will [...] Big news from the International Energy Agency (IEA) today. As the New York Times reported in their Global Edition, the IEA released a report today that offers a silver lining to the otherwise painful impacts of the “Great Recession”: CO2 levels are projected to decrease roughly 3% this year, the first time in the 40 plus [...] |
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