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...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
The parade of pollution incidents in China has continued over the past few months and the Chinese (and international) media should be applauded for their continued coverage. In addition to pollution incidents in Shaanxi, Hunan, Inner Mongolia and elsewhere (see...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
Chinese photographer Lu Guang has won the 2009 W. Eugene Smith Award for his pictures of pollution in China. You can see an extensive set of photos here. If you have not seen Eugene Smith's photographs of Minimata, you should take a look. They...continued→
Posted by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China
NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
It's the Year of the Ox. And the Ox likes low-hanging fruit. On Friday last week NRDC released the Executive Summary of a report that examines the potential for near-term Carbon Capture & Sequestration opportunities in China. The full report...continued→
Posted by Alex Wang in Greening China
Much has been written in recent months about China's coming green-tech revolution, leading some to ask whether this is a genuine phenomenon or not (see also here). I decided to see for myself and, this past weekend, took one small...continued→
Posted by JingJing Qian in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
Since the G8 2008 Summit announced its endorsement for pushing the launch of "at least 20 fully integrated industrial-scale carbon capture and storage demonstration projects worldwide by 2010", CCS has been receiving much increased attention from various circles, from government...continued→
Posted by Kevin Mo in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have become history, but the Olympic spirit of "Citius, Altius, Fortius" appears to have been instilled into China's building industry. The 2009 Green Building and Energy Efficiency International Conference hosted by McGraw-Hill Construction in Shanghai...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
I just participated in a briefing that the International Energy Agency (IEA) provided to climate negotiators in Bangkok. It was an excerpt from their soon to be released World Energy Outlook which is the IEA's regular projection of global energy...continued→
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...continued→
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