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On a recent trip to China, Hal met with Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and a member of the CPC’s Central Committee. Vice Chairman Xie is in charge of energy development and policy…
The Paulson Institute and Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind the Sesame Street TV show, recently convened a panel to discuss a new children’s education program in China. Hal was one of the experts who spoke on the panel. The…
There is an interesting discussion going on in the scientific literature about the amount of reduction in global warming that might occur through switching from coal to natural gas for electrical power production. The rate of leakage of methane (CH4),…
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has released a high-quality, 9-page brochure describing the technologies and policies we’ll need through 2050 to avoid exceeding a “budget” of 1 trillion tons of emitted (cumulative) CO2 since the Industrial Revolution. Despite…
Every year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) puts out a report, “Tracking Clean Energy Progress,” which discusses the technologies and financing mechanisms needed to mitigate climate change. Their 2012 report was just released. You can see the whole report at:…
Jeffrey Ball, the former environmental editor for the Wall Street Journal, has written an article in Foreign Affairs magazine on renewable energy. Ball provides an overview of the technology and the current state of economic policy regarding renewables in various…
Hal recently gave a talk in Berlin on incentivizing clean energy development. He points out issues with the claim that a carbon price would enable the free market to solve the problem of carbon pollution, including the political difficulty of…
On Jan 26, 2012, the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed signed by sixteen scientists skeptical of climate change. In support of their view, they cited the work of William Nordhaus, a Yale economics professor who has conducted studies on…
Hal was interviewed for the Discovery Channel’s Curiosity Project, a series which aims to answer interesting and important questions about humanity and our world. Discovery produced 27 videos from Hal’s interview, which focused on climate change and energy. You can…
The graphic design team at Greentech Media (GTM) recently created the infographic above (click to enlarge). It summarizes key events and statistics from the U.S. Solar Energy Industry in 2011. There were some setbacks, including the Solyndra bankruptcy. However, the…
