Tag: "china"
China’s ‘Gridlock’ May Slow Conversion to Clean Energy
California and China share the challenge of updating their power grids for the new age of clean energy. But China's task would appear to be–um–bigger.
Post on Nov 16, 2012 by Marjorie Sun from KQED Science
Solar Powers China's March Toward Sustainability
China has vaulted out front in the solar power game. That's been good for consumers but perplexing to its California competitors.
Post on Nov 16, 2012 by Marjorie Sun from KQED Science
Q & A – How Will the Solar Industry Shake Out?
Plummeting prices, trade war, record growth – it’s been a busy year for the solar industry. Reporter Lauren Sommer talks to a solar analyst about how California is doing in the rapidly changing global market.
Post on Nov 05, 2012 by Lauren Sommer
Is the Climate Right for Efficiency in China?
Notes from Asilomar: The 15th Biannual Summer Study, Energy Use In Buildings, of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (August 15–20, 2010).
Post on Aug 20, 2010 by Jim Gunshinan
Amateur Molecular Biologists
When I think of an amateur biologist, I imagine a bird watcher. Or perhaps someone investigating a stream or counting fish. What I don't think of is people tinkering with life in their garages. And yet some folks are doing just that.
Post on Jan 21, 2009 by Dr. Barry Starr
Mittens for Bears and Other Tales
Why do Moon Bears need you to knit? Once upon a time in the far away land of Hong Kong, a woman named Jill Robinson discovered that beautiful moon bears where being held captive in tiny cages in China and farmed (through their bellies) as a living source for bear bile, which is used in [...]
Post on May 07, 2008 by Amy Gotliffe
