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CEF Director Quoted in Earth Island Journal Article: Green Dragon
Jun 04, 2012China's 3,000 registered green NGOs and 3,000 unofficial groups represent a growing environmental movement in China. Mike Ives describes civil society activism by Chinese green organizations and government responses from Dalian to Zhengzhou.
Energy Demand and Water Scarcity in China and the United States (Primary Source Event- Boston MA)
Apr 30, 2012Thursday, May 17, 2012
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Boston
One Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, MA
Sweetening the Dragon's Breath
Apr 30, 2012China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is developing seven experimental carbon-trading schemes. Anna Petherick looks for clues as to how that’s going.
Chinese Investment in Clean Energy
Apr 26, 2012By Jennifer Turner
Linden Ellis
Devin Kleinfield-Hayes
Quick Glance
Chinese investment currently makes up a small but fast-growing portion of clean energy projects in the United States. Some Chinese companies have established local manufacturing in the United States to address US regulators' concerns about job creation.
Some local governments in the United States have encouraged Chinese investment in clean energy by offering supportive policies such as tax credits.
CEF Director Quoted in E&E Report:China will need more than infrastructure to meet water scarcity
Apr 23, 2012Ma Jun wins The Goldman Environmental Prize
Apr 19, 2012Ma Jun won the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize for his work on air and water pollution in China. Through an online database and pollution map, Ma Jun exposed over 90,000 air and water violations and brought an unprecedented amount of environmental transparency to Chinese who can now demand more justice. To see more about Ma Jun, click here: http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma-jun.
CEF Former Assistant Quoted in an Article by Mode Shift
Apr 18, 2012CEF's former program assistant Pete Masters was quoted in "The Global Fossil Energy Boom: Perspective From China" by Keith Schneider. Pete currently is under a fulbright program to study the development of shale gas in Sichuan. Click for more information.
World Water Day: Watering “No business can succeed in a failed society”
Mar 22, 2012China Environment Forum and Circle of Blue's Chock Point China project was mentioned in a newly published article on CSRwire. Click the title to read more.
China: Cut pollution first, ask questions later
Mar 14, 2012Politico's most recent article on China's air pollution recapped the important takeaways from CEF's March 14th meeting on Co-Control with Hu Tao from Ministry of Environmental Protection in China and Susan Anenberg from the USEPA. Click the title to read the article.
CEF Director’s Hill Testimony Discussed on CFR’s Asia Unbound
Feb 06, 2012CEF Director Jennifer Turner’s recent testimony at the Economic and Security Review Commission hearing was quoted on Council on Foreign Relations’ Asia Unbound Blog article: China’s Game-Changing Water Policies. Click on the title to read more.