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Green China: Friend or foe?

January 10, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Barely a week goes by without new evidence of the greening of China. This is great news for the planet—but some people say it’s bad for the U.S. Are they right to worry? What got me thinking about this was a phone conversation the other day with Bill Gross, the brilliant and tireless entrepreneur who is the chief executive of eSolar and... [read more]

The New Yorker's "Green Giant: Beijing’s crash program for clean energy"

December 14, 2009 by Donna Barnett
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                      Can China start mass producing clean energy like they once mass produced consumer goods? According to the Dec. 21 and 28 edition of The New Yorker's "Green Giant", China is planning to mass produce clean energy, and America needs to take note. ... [read more]

Kolbert turns her pen to some Super Freaky Economics

November 13, 2009 by A Siegel
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Elizabeth Kolbert is one of the most beautiful and, often, thoughtful reporters on energy and environmental issues. In the latest New Yorker, she turned a quite critical pen to the Super Freaky Economists with her review of SuperFreakonomics. Kolbert opens with a discussion of the 19th century’s urban transportation.. In the eighteen-... [read more]

Political Theater or Just Plain Delusion?

October 20, 2009 by Michael Tobis
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Mr. Obama knows the difference between climate change theater and actual progress, as was demonstrated by this anecdote:The debates unnerved both candidates. When he was preparing for them during the Democratic primaries, Obama was recorded saying, "I don't consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. I often... [read more]

Green Jobs

March 7, 2009 by Robert Stavins
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The January 12, 2009 issue of The New Yorker includes a well-written and in some ways inspiring article by Elizabeth Kolbert, profiling Van Jones, founder and president of Green for All.  In the article, “Greening the Ghetto:  Can a Remedy Serve for Both Global Warming and Poverty,” Kolbert includes the following passage:... [read more]