Google, in an attempt to live up to their corporate credo “don’t be evil,” has taken a stand and reversed its controversial decision to censor results China’s Google search engine. In their announcement, Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond stated that the cyber attacks on more than 20 companies were part of a coordinated attempt [...]

If you haven’t read Thomas Friedman’s op-ed piece today, do. It outlines the sorry state of the American solar industry, focusing on the U.S. company Applied Materials. Of its 14 solar panel factories worldwide, “not a single one is in America… five are in Germany, four are in China, one is in Spain, one is [...]

An August paper from the Strategic Studies Institute at the Army War College, Taking Up the Security Challenge of Climate Change, adds another unequivocal call for preparative action from the US government and military to address security risks posed by climate change.
The paper lays out the importance of US leadership in the global response to [...]

As the US lumbers on in debate over renewable energy reform, the PRC is moving forward to become the world’s biggest contender in the solar energy market. Boosted by generous government subsidies, bountiful cheap labor and an ever-increasing demand for green energy, Chinese companies like Suntech are gradually overtaking their American and German competitors.
This may [...]

Check out this posting in the Foreign Policy Association’s “Climate Change” blog.  As we have said before (here and here), climate change policy is intertwined with many aspects of America’s foreign policy and our relationship with China is no exception.  The State Department’s newly appointed envoy on climate change, Todd Stern, will join Secretary of [...]