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Obama and Hu's New Clean Energy Agreements: On the Path to a Low-Carbon Future

November 17, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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agreement, buildingenergylabeling, CCS, china, chinanrdc, cleanenergy, cleantech, cleanvehicles, climate, climatechange, copenhagencountdown, electricvehicles, energy, energyefficiency, globalwarming, hujintao, MOU, obama, renewables, solar

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...

Clean Energy Cooperation on the Eve of the US-China Summit

November 16, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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china, chinanrdc, cleanenergy, cleantech, cleanvehicles, climatechange, copenhagencountdown, DOE, energyefficiency, globalwarming, obama, summit, USChina

 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...

Empowering the US and China: The World's Largest Solar Power Plant

November 3, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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china, chinanrdc, chinasolar, cleantech, climate, climatechange, firstsolar, greentech, renewables, solarenergy, USChina

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...

76 Days Until Copenhagen

September 22, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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carbonintensity, china, climatechange, climatenegotiations, copenhagencountdown

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...

US and China Sign Agreement for Cooperation on Climate Change, Energy and Environment

July 29, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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agreement, china, climate, cooperation, dialogue, energy, environment, globalwarming, MOU, SED, US

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...