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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...continued

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...continued

California and Jiangsu Province Sign Agreement for Cooperation on Climate Policies - Part I

October 2, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

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California, China, climate, copenhagencountdown, energy, environment, Jiangsu, MOU

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...continued

Kicking the Coal Habit – Another Reason Why China Will Adopt a Carbon Intensity Reduction Target

September 24, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

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china, climate, climatechange, climatenegotiations, coal, copenhagencountdown, mercury

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...continued

Four ways the U.S. and China can start cooperating now to reduce emissions and tackle climate change together

August 21, 2009

Posted by Barbara Finamore in Greening China

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buildingenergylabeling, CCS, china, climate, climatechange, energyefficiency

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...continued

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...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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