nytimes.com - 7/5/2009
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Over the past decade, whenever I went to China and engaged Chinese on their pollution and energy problems, inevitably some young Chinese would say: “Hey, you Americans got to grow dirty for 150 years, using cheap coal and oil. Now it is our turn.” It’s a hard argument to refute. Eventually, I ...
nytimes.com - 7/1/2009
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nytimes.com —
There is much in the House cap-and-trade energy
bill that just passed that I absolutely hate. It...
is too weak in key areas and way too complicated in others. A simple, straightforward carbon tax would have made much more sense than this Rube Goldberg ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Just Do It
blogs.wsj.com - 7/6/2009
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Is China planning not just the world's biggest
wind farmbut also the cheapest? Xinhua news service reported...
yesterday that China will break ground this month on the Three Gorges of Wind Power in the northwest part of the country. The wind farm will ...
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Wind Power: China’s Massive–and ...
thebreakthrough.org - 7/8/2009
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thebreakthrough.org —
By Johanna Peace, with Leigh Ewbank and Devon
Swezey, Breakthrough Fellows Historically, the United States has been...
the nation with the capacity and determination for large-scale investments in promising new technologies--but not this time. Now ...
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China's Big Plan to Win the Clean Energy Race
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Can I Clean Your Clock?
Peak Oil News —
... one billion people every 15 years or so more and more of whom will be able to live high-energy-consuming lifestyles the demands for energy and natural resources are going to go through the roof. Therefore, E.T. energy technologies that produce clean power and energy efficiency is going to be the next great global industry, and China needs to be on board. Well, China has gotten on board big-time. Now I am worried that China will, dare I say, clean our clock in E.T. NY Times
DrumBeat: July 5, 2009
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Thomas L. Friedman: Can I Clean Your Clock?
Over the past decade, whenever I went to China and engaged Chinese on their pollution and energy problems, inevitably some young Chinese would say: “Hey, you Americans got to grow dirty for 150 years, using cheap coal and oil. Now it is our turn.”
It’s a hard argument to refute. Eventually, I decided that the only way to respond was with some variation of the following: “You’re right. It’s your turn. Grow as dirty as you want. Take your time. Because I think America just needs five years to invent all the ...
Tom Friedman: Clock Cleaner ?
Peak Energy —
Thomas Friedman has an op-ed in the New York Times on cleantech investment (or "ET", as people now seem to be rebranding it) in China vs the US - Can I Clean Your Clock?. ...
Tom Friedman: Clock Cleaner ?
The Energy Collective —
Thomas Friedman has an op-ed in the New York Times on cleantech investment (or "ET", as people now seem to be rebranding it) in China vs the US - Can I Clean Your Clock?. ...
Sustainability News Headlines - 7/9/2009
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