When it comes to describing China’s energy and environmental situation, there is a need for journalists, critics and observers to keep the big picture in mind and appreciate the contradictory and schizophrenic nature of Chinese policy making. Environmental impact assessments have been skirted, but a renewable energy stimulus package is on the cards.
A recent piece [...]
Coming to terms with my inner wonk.
Dear Readers,
Its just another day here at GLF, but apparently, the cat is out of the bag. First, thanks for the kind words, Charlie. I have a couple more lengthy (aren’t they always?) posts up my sleeve before the going gets a little busier, but I want to assure [...]
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 environmental agenda thanks to the recent World Water Forum in Turkey. The forum ended pathetically, failing to recognize water as a basic human right. But in [...]
A guest post by Heather Chi on the promise (and potential perils) of small-scale organic agriculture in China.
Given the urgent need to reform China’s agriculture and food production infrastructure in the context of rising concerns about the country’s ability to feed its growing population, the need to ensure food safety for locally grown and [...]
We don’t usually announce every event but this one’s gonna be interesting…We (the Beijing Energy Network, of which GLF is a founder) are hosting Lynn Price and Zhou Nan of Lawrence Berekeley Lab’s China Energy Program at the Beijing Energy & Environment Roundtable (BEER) this Thursday, March 19 at Blue Frog Bar in Sanlitun Village [...]
It’s been a while since we had a post dedicated to renewables, so let’s me divert you to two articles on solar. The first, the cover feature “Here Comes the Sun” of The Beijinger its green issue this March, speaks to the general state of China’s solar industry and concludes that despite the tough times [...]
Its been a busy few weeks since our last Green Hops, so GLF is gonna pack in the updates over two posts consecutive posts.
Drought
The “worst drought in half a century” affecting eight northern and central provinces dominated the past week’s news. A 90 percent drop in average rainfall since last November will affect 11 [...]
Dear loyal readers,
Just a quick but important technical announcement. As you may have noticed, there have been new features and changes to The Green Leap Forward website recently. Among those changes is my installation of Feedburner, which has resulted in the change of the RSS feed URL.
For those of you who subscribe to the [...]
The Green Leap Forward takes a closer look at the Top-1000 program, one of the pillar policies behind China’s drive to achieve a 20% reduction in energy intensity over the 2006-10 period.
Energy Efficiency remains the King of clean energy strategies. It continues to remain the top energy policy priority with the Chinese government. Consider this [...]
The Green Leap Forward travels to Singapore to look at three start-up companies–Zeco, AmpleMotion and The Green Car Co.–trying to make Singapore’s electric transportation dreams come true, and ponders the road blocks that lie in the path towards a renewable electron economy.
Singapore and the Renewable Electron Economy Proposition
The electrification of Singapore’s transportation has received [...]
