The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进

After more than two and a half years of blogging, I am sad to announce that I will have to take an indefinite break from contributing original pieces to this site.
Starting Monday, I begin a new stint with

July 31st, 2010 | Category: uncategorized | Comments (14)

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 that the National Energy Administration has finalized a 10-year new energy development plan that will require a cumulative investment of 5 [...]

July 31st, 2010 | Tags: automobiles, China, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, energy price reform, environment, transparency, transportation, water, wind | Category: automotive, capital and finance, energy efficiency, government, green hops, hydro, nuclear, oil, policy, transparency, transportation, water, wind | Comments (3)

This is slightly dated by now but I want to be sure this is posted for posterity’s sake.  In mid-May I participated in a panel discussion at the China Environment Forum at the Wilson Center here in Washington, DC.   The topic of discussion was “Decarbonizing King Coal: Growing U.S.-China Clean Technology Cooperation“, and my fellow [...]

July 31st, 2010 | Tags: China, coal, collaboration, energy, environmnet, innovation, technology | Category: coal, collaboration, innovation | Comments (1)

This is a repost of my final column at Center for American Progress that was also reposted on Climate Progress, and an adaptation of excerpts of my recent full written testimony before Congress.

Foreign governments’ and businesses’ frustration and disgruntlement over China’s restrictions on trade and foreign investment is reaching fever pitch. First it [...]

July 30th, 2010 | Tags: China, energy, environment, innovation, international trade, policy, protectionism | Category: innovation, policy | Comments (2)

Two weeks ago I testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, or USCC, a specialized body created by the U.S. Congress to “monitor, investigate, and submit to congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, [...]

July 29th, 2010 | Tags: China, energy, environment, innovation, policy, United States | Category: innovation, policy | Comments (1)

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 to resource management.
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July 9th, 2010 | Tags: agriculture, biofuels, China, energy, environment, food, food-water-energy nexus, hydro, water, watergy | Category: agriculture, biofuels, hydro, water | Leave a comment