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China Forging Ahead on Clean Vehicles

April 14, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

Tags:
china, cleanvehicles, electricvehicles, hybrids, vehicles

On Wednesday, April 1st (no, it's not an April Fools Day prank), the New York Times reported that China has adopted a plan that will make them one of the world's leaders in electric and hybrid car production. Set on...continued

Solar Subsidies in China

April 7, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

Tags:
china, chinasolar, solar

China recently became the latest country to approve massive incentives for solar power. Combined with Japan's new embrace of feed-in tariffs and our own economic stimulus package, the future of solar power is looking up. The Chinese Ministry of Finance released...continued

Recommendations for U.S.-China Collaboration to Address Climate Change

April 3, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

Tags:
bonn, china, climatechange, energyefficiency, uschinaclimate

During the U.N. climate talks in Bonn, U.S. special envoy for climate change Todd Stern said he was "immensely impressed" by all that China is doing to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, such as setting ambitious targets for energy intensity...continued

Clean coal? Not in clean conscience

February 5, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

Tags:
china, coal, dirtycoal

Most people are now aware of the 1.1 billion gallons of toxic coal plant sludge that escaped from the Kingston coal plant and made its way through the Tennessee Valley late on December 22nd. This incident caused tremendous damage and...continued

Should People Who Live in Glass Houses Be So Quick to Throw Stones?

July 31, 2008

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

Tags:
busrapidtransit, China, fueleconomystandards, hybrids, masstransit, oil, Olympics, transportation, vehicles

A recent story in the Washington Post (“China's Cars, Accelerating A Global Demand for Fuel,”) would lead you to believe that a horde of new car buyers in China are the reason Americans are enduring $4.00/gallon gas.  That’s like the...continued

Barbara Finamore
Barbara Finamore
China Program Director
Beijing
Came to NRDC in 1981 and spent five years suing the Department of Energy to...
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