UN Touts Building Energy Efficiency in Philly
On Thursday & Friday (October 27-28), the UN’s Environmental Programme brings global focus to the burgeoning field of building energy efficiency in the Greater Philadelphia/Mid-Atlantic region....
View ArticleGlobal Leadership in Wind Energy will be a Marathon, not a Sprint
In 2008 China could be seen rapidly closing the gap with the traditional wind market leaders – the U.S., Germany and Spain. By 2009, China, riding a massive post-GFC stimulus program, became the...
View ArticleFuture of Chinese Internet? Beijing’s head in the Cloud (not expecting sky to...
The surest way of knowing where the Chinese national government wants to go is to follow the money they put into mega-projects. The development of Shenzhen and Pudong over the 6th – 9th Five Year Plans...
View ArticleBrookings Touts Philadelphia’s Top 5 Strengths in U.S. Clean Economy
On October 11th, Mark Muro, Policy Director of The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, presented the national-level chapter of the story of ‘Greater Philadelphia’s 21st century Clean...
View ArticleU.S. Clean Energy Super-Corridor from Albany NY/Boston MA Through...
This week, I’ll be providing five mini-slideshows to add context and substantive detail to last week’s post and video clip on Brookings Touts Philadelphia’s Top 5 Strengths in U.S. Clean Economy....
View ArticleU.S. Clean Energy Super-Corridor Clusters Are Growing High-Quality Green Jobs
Yesterday’s mini-slide show focused on the five principal clusters in the northeast Clean Energy super-corridor: Albany -Schenectady-Troy, NY Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH New York-Northern New...
View ArticleSo How Is Philadelphia Doing in the U.S. Clean Energy ‘Super Corridor’?
Philadelphia enjoys key advantages in the emerging national clean economy, not least due to its linchpin position at the heart of a vibrant clean energy ‘super-corridor’ running from Albany NY and...
View ArticleHow do you say ‘Jon Huntsman’ in Mandarin?
This is the first of regular weekly Cooketop News blog posts (scheduled to appear each Monday). By reviewing the previous week’s top stories involving — broadly speaking — China clean energy, the idea...
View ArticleHappy Year of the Snake – Update 1
Happy Year of the Snake! I have some major catching up to do so let me begin here with a link to my book which the Wilson Center launched on September 24, 2012. (Note: if you want to download the PDF...
View ArticleChina’s Sword of Damocles: Crackdown or Startup?
Henry “Hank” Paulson — former Chairman of Goldman Sachs, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and creator of the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue — was in Philadelphia last Wednesday....
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