The New York Times ran a great story yesterday on the elephant in the room when it comes to renewable energy: cost.
Even as many politicians, environmentalists and consumers want renewable energy and reduced dependence on fossil fuels, a growing number of projects are being canceled or delayed because
I missed this over the weekend, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said China will not block shipments of rare earth elements to the United States.
According to The Hill, Clinton said:
On the rare-earth minerals matter, the foreign minister, Minister Yang, clarified that China has no intention of withholding
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman Rajendra Pachauri called on President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to commit to working together to tackle climate change and develop clean energy technology on the president’s upcoming trip to India next month.
Pachauri’s comments come as observers expect little progress in More…
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, sent a letter to key Obama administration officials today asking for more information about reports that China is blocking shipments of rare earth minerals to the United States.
The letter is addressed to Energy More…
The following chart tells you everything you need to know about the United States’ trading relationship with China on green technology, an issue that you’ll be hearing about a lot during the next several months.
United Nations climate change talks started today in Tianjin, China. And, right off the bat, the head of the UN negotiations urged China to be open to compromise in negotiations.
According to AFP, Christiana Figueres, head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said:
It is absolutely indispensable that
Income inequality — the difference between what the rich earn and what the middle-class and poor do — is higher in the United States than in other developed countries. The income gap has widened over the past 30 years, unlike in most other developed countries. And, worryingly, it has yawned More…
Natural Resources Defense Council International Climate Policy Director Jake Schmidt told reporters on a conference call today that the United States needs to convince other countries that it will take action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in order to be taken seriously at upcoming United Nations climate negotiations.
“Uncertainty More…
Matt Yglesias posts a good chart of the changing poverty demographics over the past forty years:
Via Felix Salmon, Paul Kedrosky has a terrifying housing chart, showing the number of vacant U.S. houses. The stock of empty U.S. homes is now bigger than the entire Canadian housing stock.
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