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Green Hops: Poznan Preview, More Electric News, Green Capital
We’ve gone more than a month without a “Green Hops” update…what a crime! We atone for that oversight here… Climate Change and International Cooperation A “high level” summit in Beijing on...
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Green Hops: Green Car Washing; Pearl River Delta; Solarizing Qaidam Basin
Mobility In the wake of more bad (good if you are for green) news in China’s auto sales trends, GLF is observing an increasingly resonant cacophony of green washing in the auto sector… “Small is...
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Green Hops: Energy Law & Plan, Big 5 Subsidized, Installed Wind Doubles
Today’s Green Hops, focusing on energy supply, is a continuation of yesterday’s. Two important macro-policy documents are in the works. CELB reports that the comprehensive Energy Law may be passed in...
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Green Hops: Water Forum, Gasoline Price Hikes, Guangdong LED
Editor’s Note: This edition of Green Hops contains an inexplicably frequent number of references to Guangzhou and Guangdong. We wonder why that might be… Water issues continue to dominate China’s...
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Green Hops: New Renewable Energy Targets, More Carbon Tax Chatter,...
China’s energy intensity was down 2.9% in the first quarter of this year, reports the National Bureau of Statistics. The decrease is based on a 6.1% growth in GDP measured against a 3.04% increase in...
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Green Hops: 3 trillion reasons to stop what you are doing now and do a little...
Top Stories: Cash for renewables; China may raise fuel economy standards; Pledges smart grid by 2020; Beijing water price hike I’m not one for sensationalism, but my gosh, when multiple news sources...
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China’s Climate Progress by the Numbers
“This is the most comprehensive discussion I’ve seen of everything China is doing to green itself.” – Joe Romm, editor of Climate Progress. “THIS IS A MUST READ.” – Peggy Liu, chairperson of Joint...
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China: Not the Rogue Dam Builder We Feared It would Be?
Hydropwer accounts for the overwhelming share of China’s alternative energy mix, but is perhaps also the one of the more controversial alternative energy options due to the ecological and social...
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The Food–Energy–Water Nexus: An Integrated Approach to Understanding China’s...
In this post, originally published in Harvard Asia Quarterly. I draw the connections among food, water and energy systems in China and make the case for the urgent need for more integrated approaches...
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Green Hops: It’s Been a While! (And the next may be for a while)
Haven’t done a Green Hops for a long time, so there are lots of developments over the past weeks to catch up on! Ten-Year New Energy Development Plan Closed to being Unveiled State media is reporting...
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