United Steelworkers file complaint against China
The United Steelworkers (USW) union today filed a case against renewable- energy products from China. According to the USW, “[t]he case alleges that China has utilized hundreds of billions of dollars...
View ArticleDOE Seeks Input on Rare Earth Metals Strategy
Image by Michael Diggles. Some rights reserved. Earlier this week the Department of Energy announced that it is seeking comments from the public on rare earth metals used in the energy sector. The...
View ArticleWe like cheap goods! No, wait, we hate cheap goods!
Photo by Dominic's pics. Some rights reserved. SolarWorld Industries America Inc., represented by law firm Wiley Rein, has filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International...
View ArticleCompetition Over Solar Panel Costs Sparks Escalating Energy War
Photo by Bert van Dijk. Some rights reserved. The Obama Administration has always been vocal about its support for renewable energy and, even in the wake of the Solyndra debacle earlier this year, are...
View ArticleChina Huffs and Puffs and Blows its Global Competition in Wind Power Away
Photo by auws. Some rights reserved. According to a new report released by Brussels-based wind industry lobby group Global Wind Energy Council, the global wind energy market rose a total of 6% in 2011,...
View ArticleChina Asks U.S. Embassy in Beijing to Quit It With the Twitter, Already
Photo by SeemsArtless. Some rights reserved. Reuters reports this week that the Chinese government, and specifically the vice minister of environmental protection Wu Xiaqing, has called on “foreign...
View ArticleChina Is “All Out of Love” For Its Air Supply
Photo by Erik Charlton. Some rights reserved. Last summer, we reported on a Twitter account operated from the U.S. embassy in Beijing (@BeijingAir) which tweets hourly reports on the air quality levels...
View ArticleThat’s One Way to Clear the Air
via Wikimedia Commons I was perusing photography websites the other day and came across an article on DP Review describing Hong Kong’s latest efforts to give tourists a nice clean view of the city....
View ArticleAir Quality in Urban China Is Often Worse Than Smoking Areas in Airports
Photo by Zhanyanguange. Some rights reserved. Here in Seattle, especially around this time of year when snow may be in the mix, a lot of folks will end up checking Cliff Mass’ Weather Blog for...
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