Home › Contributors › Barbara Finamore
Barbara Finamore's Blog
Recent Posts
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→
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→
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→
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→
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→