A "Green Lining" in China's Economic Stimulus Plan

After years of very rapid growth, China's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions now look to be slowing sharply. One major factor: China's energy efficiency and renewable energy policies -- now in their third year -- have begun to make a real impact at the provincial and local levels. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Dec 2, 2008 - 11:12 AM PST
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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 2, 2008

Some examples, please! It's not very effective to say China's going to invest in "essential green infrastructure" and have readers accept it on its face. This piece is entirely too credulous. The writer, a director at the World Resources Institute's Climate, Energy and Pollution Program in Beijing, is invested in the predictions she makes about Chinese energy policy, and the conflict of interest is stark. Moreover, since she's writing from Beijing, would it not have been dangerous for her to write something more critical? Not recommended.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 2, 2008

Some solid information here with good links. The hypothesis being that the economic downturn, in combination with China's directed economic stimulus, is an overall net positive on the climate change issue. Fails to discuss alternatives (if at all) in the use of coal for electricity production.

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