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Reviving U.S.-India Cooperation on Climate Change During Secretary Kerry's Visit to New Delhi

Posted June 18, 2013 by Anjali Jaiswal in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Greening China, Solving Global Warming

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Secretary of State John Kerry heads to New Delhi next week. The visit is a key opportunity for Secretary Kerry to reinvigorate U.S.-India cooperation on climate change and to continue to make progress under the Green Partnership, the landmark clean...continued

China Adds Another Tool to Curb Pollution, Launching First Cap and Trade Program

Posted June 18, 2013 by Stefanie Tanenhaus in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Solving Global Warming

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China launched its first cap and trade program to reduce carbon pollution today, a landmark advance toward fighting climate change. As the world’s largest source of carbon dioxide, China is a notable new player joining California and eight other countries...continued

China Environmental News Alert

Posted June 13, 2013 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China

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NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a compilation of news from around...continued

US-China Agreement on Super Climate Pollutant Could Make an Important Dent in Curbing Climate Change

Posted June 11, 2013 by Jake Schmidt in Greening China, Solving Global Warming

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Over the weekend President Obama and Chinese President Xi agreed to work together to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—a “super greenhouse gas”. They agreed to work under the Montreal Protocol – the 25 year old treaty that successfully saved the ozone layer...continued

How Do You Get To Be The Most Energy Efficient Economy of the World?

Posted June 10, 2013 by Barbara Finamore in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Solving Global Warming

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How do you get to be the most energy efficient economy in the world? That’s the subject of the new ACEEE International Scorecard Self-Scoring Tool, an analytic tool that helps users develop a high-level snapshot of the overall energy efficiency...continued

China Environmental News Alert

Posted May 31, 2013 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China

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May 23-31, 2013NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a compilation of news...continued

A Five-Part Strategy to Cap and Cut China's Coal Consumption

Posted May 28, 2013 by Alvin Lin in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming

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It is hard to miss the staggering statistics when it comes to coal in China, which now consumes nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined. Unrestricted growth in coal consumption in the last decade has led...continued

China Looks to Ramp Up Energy-Saving Retrofits

Posted May 21, 2013 by Peter Lehner in Greening China, Solving Global Warming

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When the posh architectural firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the Chemsunny World Trade Center in Beijing, it was more efficient than a typical glass-walled luxury building in China. The fifteen-story building, formed of three connected towers, boasted a 50,000-square-meter...continued

A Tale of Two Cities: Energy Efficient Buildings in New York and Hong Kong

Posted May 14, 2013 by Barbara Finamore in Curbing Pollution, Greening China, Solving Global Warming

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The Skyscraper Museum got it right.  Its 2009 exhibit, “Vertical Cities: Hong Kong and New York,” called these two cities – one my current home, one my hometown - the world’s “most similar skyscraper societies.”                    Top: The view...continued

NRDC China Environmental News Alert (May 11, 2013)

Posted May 12, 2013 by Greenlaw from NRDC China in Greening China

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May 2-9, 2013NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a compilation of news...continued

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