Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
Today, during President Obama's first full day here in Beijing, he and President Hu Jintao announced a package of clean energy partnership initiatives between the United States and China that adds substance to the structure of the US-China MOU on...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
In conjunction with President Obama's trip to China, I had the great privilege of speaking today at a high-level Clean Energy Roundtable in Beijing with top government officials from the U.S. and China. Over 100 experts attended, including the heads...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Solving Global Warming
Last week in Beijing I sat down with some executives from First Solar, the Arizona-based solar producer of thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. First Solar is one of the most cost-efficient producer of PV cells in the world, and one...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
When I first visited Jiangsu over ten years ago to propose energy efficiency measures to the rapidly industrializing province I was skeptical I would ever see this day. But to my great pleasure, the People's Government of Jiangsu Province of...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
Yesterday my colleague Jake Schmidt and I spoke with WNYC's Brian Lehrer, who asked me to evaluate the significance of President Hu Jintao's speech at Tuesday's UN Climate Summit (you can listen to the interview here). Was his announcement that...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
There are 76 days until Copenhagen. 76 days. This morning's UN Summit on Climate Change was a good example of just how far we've come in the global climate discussions. Every world leader who spoke mentioned our collective responsibility to...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
The recent high-profile visits to China by leading members of Congress and the Obama administration have made it clear that China and the U.S. are taking climate change seriously and recognize the importance of working closely together to find ways...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
The U.S. and China, the world's two largest global warming polluters, signed an agreement yesterday that recognizes the "very important role" that both countries have in combating climate change, and commits both countries to "respond vigorously" to the challenges of...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
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...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
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...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
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...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
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...
Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China
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...
