Tag: China - Page 8

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  The Key Drivers for Cleantech, From Weather to World Economies

  John Denniston of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a major investment firm supporting cleantech, gave a keynote speech at Cleantech Forum five years ago, discussing the major drivers pushing the industry forward. He was

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  Will Asia Own Cleantech As US Lags Behind?

  GreenTech Media has an excellent guest post from Rick Defieux, looking at the positive factors in Asia and negative factors in the US that is helping countries in the east, namely China, catapult above the rest of the world in the realm of cleantech.

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  Is China Finally Taking Steps To Ban Sharkfin Trade? Legislation Hits World's Largest Market for Fins

  As China's economy strengthens and the elite sharkfin soup is easier to afford, the country now represents about 95% of the sharkfin trade. That means the bulk of fins from millions of sharks worldwide

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  China Places Low-Carbon Growth, Green Development & Ecological Security At Front of Next Five-Year Plan

  One quarter of its wind power may not be actually connected to the grid, but that doesn't mean China's green ambitions aren't genuine--at least as the nation's twelfth five-year plan has it. China Dialogue points out

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  Sustainable Fish Farming Through Traditional Salt Water Ponds

  From Growing Power's urban aquaponics to India's expansion of aquaculture, TreeHugger has offered many posts on ways to make fish farming both more sustainable and more productive. But some of the best ideas may be the oldest. Geoff Lawton—the

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  One Quarter of China's Wind Power Still Not Connected to Electricity Grid

  We've been long documenting China's rapid rise to the top tiers of wind power, both in manufacturing and installed capacity. Worldwatch's Revolt blog looks into some of those impressive stats and finds that

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  Chinese Army to Enlist 10,000 Pigeons, Just in Case

  From their humble beginnings along the rocky cliff sides of Africa and Asia some 20 million years ago, pigeons can now by found pretty much anywhere there´s a statue being erected or sandwich being eaten -- though long

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  China's Massive, but Unproven, Water Transit Scheme Has Some Worried

  "China's plan is to remove nearly 36 billion cubic meters (9.5

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  Is China Planning a Massive Environmental About Face?

  China's Environmental Minister penned an unusually frank op-ed that took the issue of climate change head-on. He acknowledged that some of the nation's development policies have been destructive and dangerous, and emphasized the need to move towards

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  Pioneering Chinese Rainforest Restoration Project Ablaze, Arson Possibly to Blame?

  The Guardian reports that one of the world's most advanced rainforest restoration and research projects in the world, the Seeds of Heaven Biodiversity Research & Development Centre in the Bulang Mountains of southern China, is ablaze with 100' flames.

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  Companies Cutting Use of Rare Earths

  Rare earths are neither rare nor earths, nor a rock band. They are a collection of elements that John called Achilles heel of the hybrid and electric vehicles and that Mat worried about in Goodbye Fossil Fuel Dependence, Hello Rare Earth Dependence!

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  Global Investments In Clean Energy to Hit $240 Billion in 2011

  Who's missing from the lede of this Reuters story? It begins: "Brazil, China and India are expected to fuel global investments in clean energy in 2011 that are expected to reach $240 billion, the head of a United

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  Chinese Fake Organic Grain Certifications...And Worse.

  A Chinese food exporter was recently caught using fake organic certifications, peddling to US buyers on both coasts "organic" grains produced on Chinese

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  China's Water Plight: Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World's Largest Country

  Circle of Blue has an absolutely fantastic write-up of China's looming water problems.

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  China Struggles to Ease 60-Year Drought and Save Wheat Crops

  "Local newspapers have been filled with stories of the drought's impact on the "wheat basket" provinces of Henan, Anhui and Hunan. About 2.6 million

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  Meat and Dairy Prices Going Up - More Vegetarians, Vegans in 2011?

  It's no secret that food prices are on the rise, but import estimates from China show that corn prices in particular are set to go through the roof. And if you know anything about where our food comes from, that means prices for

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  China Grants Permission for 21.3 GW Dam System to be Built Along World Heritage Site

  China's hydropower industry has earned a big win with power company Huadian gaining permission to build a 21.3GW dam on the Nu River. However, is the price too big? The dam is to be built in a

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  New Data Shows China & United States' Carbon Emissions Still Way Higher Than Everyone Else's

  Some new figures on global and national carbon emissions have been released by the EIA: China is far and away the largest national emitter; the US significantly trails in second place; India comes in a distant third. If