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China's Smart Grid Ambitions Could Open Door to US-China Cooperation
China's Power Sector Investment
China’s largest electric transmission company has announced an ambitious plan to develop a national smart grid by 2020 that would help utilities and their customers transport and use energy more efficiently.
Promises and Pitfalls
This article originally featured in China Dialogue.
Forging a new partnership between the United States and China can help address climate change, but only if regulatory and market shortcomings can be overcome.
Outsourcing Toxic Dumping, in the Name of the Environment?
Does the Obama administration have the will to face the prospect that a low cost approach might be inimical to a low carbon strategy, and ensure careful planning and responsible oversight? Or will US officials, keen on building a strong bilateral partnership, overlook the consequences of a business-as-usual scenario in China, permitting environmental degradation as the means to ambitious political ends?
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