With a rising level of awareness about the role of consumers in the overall environmental picture rising, it would make sense that we would not only begin seeing studies about how consumers felt about green, and whether or not they are willing to buy “green”, but begin to see companies take steps to understand what [...]

Once you start looking at charts, you just cannot stop, and following my post last week of , I cam across this interesting chart in the post China Adapts to the Climate Change Fashion Show which plots energy intensities for the US and China. Besides the typically WOW factor of look how much China has [...]

Last year when attending a meeting of legal aid groups, I was exposed to  a side of lawyers that I had not seen (or had not been aware of).  That, behind the scenes of China’s developing civil society, its lawyers were beginning to develop means that would ultimately support those affected by lax environmental compliance [...]

Over the last few years as China’s power producers unable to keep up with the surging demand have been knocking up 2 coal fire plants a week, large cities have choked from SOX/ NOX being spewed out from these facilities, and the government has begun to announce a flurry of programs, investments, incentives, and targets [...]

In the recent China Dialogue Article Defending Water Security, Ma Jun writes a very compelling piece on what can happen when weak environmental protection is allowed to continue. Following the recent events in Yancheng, the article shows the time line leading up to the spill possessed not only multiple opportunities to prevent the accident, but [...]

For those who have researched solar usage, perhaps the worst irony of the fact that China is a leader in manufacturing panels is that 98% of the panel are exported.  Primarily becuase meters cannot put energy back on the grid, and there is some debate about who should pay for the investment. In China, making [...]

In yet another example of just how anything is possible in China (especially when you close factories by the dozens), the good folks in Biejing have announced that they have meet their 2008 blue sky air targets a month early. As part of the clean air program, the authorities shifted most of the high-polluting plants, [...]

Written by Joanna  Lewis, China’s Strategic Priorities in International Climate Change Negotiations, is a very interesting report on the drivers behind China’s energy consumption, the areas that they are looking to reduce energy intensity, and what this means for the rest of us. The paper does a nice job of presenting the history of the [...]

For me, there are few issues more important than water in China.  It is a resource that is becoming scarce in the North, and for many, its contamination is an issue that threatens economic security and health. to that end, I want to highlight the recently released World Bank report Water Pollution Emergencies In China, [...]