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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

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...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

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...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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