Reporting from Washington – China overtook the United States for the first time last year in the race to invest in wind, solar and other sources of clean energy, according to a comprehensive new report that raises questions about American competitiveness in a booming global market.
via China takes lead in clean-power investment – chicagotribune.com.
China’s chief climate change official says a major United States bill calling for nationwide limits on greenhouse gases is a key step forward but much more action is needed to reach agreement during talks on global warming this year.
A high-powered group of senior Republicans and Democrats led two missions to China in the final months of the Bush administration for secret backchannel negotiations aimed at securing a deal on joint US-Chinese action on climate change, the Guardian has learned.
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