A very comprehensive report by The Brookings Institute reveals just how rapidly the cities of the developing world are growing. In the midst of the largest human migration from the countryside to cities, the report portends a rise in living standards for millions as well as highlights the challenges in sustainably providing energy and food for the inhabitants [...]
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FFF: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Regions in the World
February 3rd, 2012 
Justin Manger 
Posted in 2nd Green, China, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, News, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Environment, Urban Planning 
No Comments »Filthy Beijing Air (Photos)
January 12th, 2012 Justin Manger How dirty is the air in Beijing? “Beyond index” hazardous, for one. It also looks just nasty. The photos below paint a very hazy and unpleasant picture. The pollution this winter in China’s capital city is in stark contrast to the winter view here in Tokyo, where the cool air and winter air patterns sweep [...]
Posted in China, Featured Posts, Justin Manger, News Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Pollution No Comments »Keystone Pipeline and the Future of Fuel
December 18th, 2011 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago news came out that President Obama was stalling the decision on the Keystone Pipeline from Alberta, Canada down to Texas. This was no doubt a political move tied to the 2012 election. Apparently, the company that is building the pipeline acquiesced to demands from environmentalists that the pipeline avoid certain areas of Nebraska [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Policy, President Obama Tags: Bio-fuels, Oil Consumption No Comments »What Is Your Country’s Climate Change Policy?
December 14th, 2011 Eric Wilson As a follow up to the 2-part series from NPR (covered here recently on 2nd Green Revolution) comes this post about various countries’ climate policy. With the end of the United Nations’ most recent conference on climate change in Durban, South Africa, NPR had a valuable synopsis of what many of the largest emitters of [...]
Pollution in Beijing Reaches “Beyond Index” Levels
December 13th, 2011 Justin Manger Being the world’s factory and having a population of 1 billion people rushing to own cars and consume has led to rising living standards for Chinese citizens. Rising living standards are now being put at risk by those exact increased living standards as pollution overwhelms big cities in China and starts adversely affecting people’s health. [...]
Posted in Behavior, China, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Environment, Pollution No Comments »Despite Sluggish Economy, Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High
December 5th, 2011 Eric Wilson The New York Times is reporting that the worldwide carbon dioxide emissions “from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery.” This report follows news from earlier this year about the increase in US based emissions, which [...]
Chinese Power Plants Fined for Sulfur Pollution, False Data
November 30th, 2011 Chris DeArmond Although China has faced harsh criticism for its lackadaisical enforcement of environmental regulations, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) recently issued fines to eight large coal-fired power plants. In each case, they were found to have exceeded the permissible limit for sulfur dioxide, and six of them disabled monitoring equipment or falsified emissions data. China [...]
Posted in China, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Sustainable Development Tags: Chris DeArmond, Coal, Electricity Generation, Environment No Comments »Is China Headed in the Right Direction?
November 10th, 2011 Chris DeArmond China may be one of the first countries that pops into your head when you think of clean technology, but its government has only just begun to recognize the environmental damage caused by two decades of unhinged economic growth. In a 2011 study, the World Bank found that 20 of the world’s 30 most polluted [...]
Posted in China, Featured Posts, Renewable Energy Tags: Chris DeArmond, Coal, Environment, Oil Consumption, Pollution, Solar Energy, Water, Wind Power No Comments »
