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China Paradox

There’s a very good read, The Great Paradox of China:  Green Energy and Black Skies, that appears at “Yale Environment 360.”  (I wrote China – Getting Closer here late last month.)  What’s the paradox?  “China is on its way to becoming the world’s largest producer of renewable energy, yet it remains one of the most polluted countries on earth.”  See the Yale article for the not-uninteresting ins and outs of this paradox.

For much more on China and its environmental nightmare, see the work of Elizabeth C. Economy at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Other experts on China, energy and climate change are Deborah Seligsohn at the World Resources Institute, Julian L. Wong at the Center for American Progress, and NRDC’s China Program Director, Barbara Finamore.

 

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Bill Hewitt

Bill Hewitt has been an environmental activist and professional for nearly 25 years. He was deeply involved in the battle to curtail acid rain, and was also a Sierra Club leader in New York City. He spent 11 years in public affairs for the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, and worked on environmental issues for two NYC mayoral campaigns and a presidential campaign. He is a writer and editor and is the principal of Hewitt Communications. He has an M.S. in international affairs, has taught political science at Pace University, and has graduate and continuing education classes on climate change, sustainability, and energy and the environment at The Center for Global Affairs at NYU. His book, "A Newer World - Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis," will be out from the University Press of New England in December.



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