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China blasts U.S. climate bill enabling penalties on trade partners 4
Posted 3 days, 2 hours ago
China said Thursday it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new U.S. clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution.
Wind: still enough to save the world 0
Posted 5 days, 13 hours ago
Back in 2008, Christina Archer and Mark Z Jacobson published data showing worldwide commercial wind potential exceeded world energy use by many times. A new peer reviewed study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences now confirms his, and further shows that this potential is not limited to a lucky few.
E.U. to help finance clean coal plant in China 0
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago
The European Commission announced Wednesday that it would provide financing up to 50 million euros ($70 million) to help China build a coal-fired power plant equipped with new technology to give it near-zero emissions.
US draws line with China on climate technology 0
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago
Access to green technology is becoming a growing stumbling block in global efforts to fight climate change, with US lawmakers bristling at what they see as China's attempt to "steal" US know-how.
Tibet drought worst in 30 years, says Chinese state media 0
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
A drought in Tibet has intensified into the region's worst in three decades, leaving thousands of hectares parched and killing more than 13,000 head of cattle, China's state media said Saturday.
Climate change hits China’s poor hardest, activist groups say 0
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Climate change hits China's poor the hardest and also forces some of those lifted out of hardship back into it, activist groups Greenpeace and Oxfam said Wednesday.
U.S. expects China to cut emissions after a ‘peak year’ 0
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The United States wants China to accept slow increases in its greenhouse gas emissions until it hits a "peak year," beyond which a real decrease must occur, US negotiator Todd Stern said Friday.
China says no to binding greenhouse gas cuts after talks with US 2
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago
China will not accept binding cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions, an official said Thursday, after the United States said it made progress with Beijing in talks here on a global climate pact.
Hinting (in the State Controlled News) from China

Coming global warming limits in China? 0
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
News coming out of China provides hints that the country might adopt a domestic limit to reduce their global-warming pollution.
“Let’s get this damn thing started!”

Climate envoy Todd Stern on U.S. climate action and the possibility of deal with China 0
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern gives a glimpse into where U.S.-China negotiations are headed on climate.
The California Coda

Our peak oil future? Electric vehicle startup unveils Chinese-made, $45K ‘economy’ car 9
Posted 1 month ago
Open one of those minimalist black boxes that contain a shiny new iPod and you're greeted by five words -- "Designed by Apple in California." In much smaller print would be the phrase "Made in China." That, in a nutshell, describes the strategy of the latest entrant in the electric car sweepstakes: Santa Monica-based Coda Automotive.
A Stern talking to

U.S. climate envoy heads to China to seek bilateral climate deal 0
Posted 1 month ago
Negotiations on a new international climate pact are underway in Germany this week, but the United States' top climate envoy is headed in the opposite direction with a planned trip this weekend to China. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern on Wednesday said he hopes the world's two biggest polluters can reach consensus on a path forward.
GM sells Hummer to China — the second mistake by those clueless new owners? 2
Posted 1 month ago
China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company has agreed to buy the Hummer brand from GM for less than $500 million, according to a source familiar with the transaction -- well off its peak value of a decade ago.
Letter from Europe

Nicholas Stern’s heresy: conceding the West’s climate burden 2
Posted 1 month ago
Breaking ranks with the West's climate talking points, Lord Nicholas Stern says the world's rich nations should shoulder some of the costs of cutting emissions in the rapidly developing world (i.e. China and India).
This Sachs

We’ve got no choice but nukes and carbon-capture tech, says Jeffrey Sachs 35
Posted 1 month ago
Economist Jeffrey Sachs says carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology and nuclear energy will be necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change.
U.S. responsible for 29 percent of CO2 emissions over past 150 years, triple China’s share 0
Posted 1 month ago
Since the mid-1800s, U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide accounted for 29 percent of the global total. Those 328,000 million metric tons of cumulative emissions are the most of any country and more than three times the amount emitted by China over the same period, according to data from the World Resources Institute.
The Climate Post: Something wrought in the state of Denmark? 1
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
A roundup of the week's climate news, from Copenhagen to China to Russia.
Nancy goes to China

Congressional leaders head to China to make nice on climate 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in China this week leading a congressional delegation to discuss, among other things, climate change and environmental protections. But despite the public displays of unity on climate, there remain some strong divisions between the two countries on what needs to happen in Copenhagen this year.
Counting the real progress on climate action 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
Progress on climate policy domestically will increase U.S. leverage in these talks, but President Barack Obama should look for additional ways to improve the American negotiating position than what we currently have on the table.
The Climate Post: The House at the center of the world 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Lately, every week is the most consequential in the history of climate change. This week was no exception.