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Chinese Aidx2 to Africa

Nov 9, 2009 | Martyn Drakard
Trade between Africa and China jumped over the last decade. China is promising $1 billion in aid to the African continent, while also cancelling other debts. Clean energy is on the agenda, but also China's blind eye cast at human rights failings.

Consumers factor in cost of plug-in vehicles

Oct 23, 2009 | Diane Swanbrow
A University of Michigan surveyed showed that 42 percent of those polled said that they would buy a plug-in vehicle in the future. However, only 14 percent said they would buy one at $10,000 over the cost of a traditional vehicle.

Tibet: huge methane reservoir discovered under ice

Oct 19, 2009 | Asia News
It could provide energy independence for China. But the methane hydrates, also known as "ice that burns", are also one of the most polluting agents in the world.

U-M breakthrough in quantum dots

Oct 14, 2009 | U-M News Service
Research at the University of Michigan made a giant step that have potential applications in computers, photovoltaic cells, light-emitting devices, and other technologies.

Uneasy alliance of energy greens and hawks

Sep 14, 2009 | Gal Luft
Using less petroleum makes sense to environmentalists, but it might also make sense to those concerned with the security of the U.S. and the West.

Why must U.S. agree with Saudis on energy?

Sep 7, 2009 | Gal Luft
New energy technologies are just a few years away and America can declare energy independence from the Saudi sheikhs. Why should America kowtow?

Google green energy advocate to lecture at U-M

Sep 1, 2009 | Spero News
Bill Wiehl of Google will lecture at the University of Michigan on Google is doing about climate change.
"You just wrote the right article the wrong way. This was a bunch of rambling without detailing what the right way should have been. Instead, you listed out a bunch of clever Canadian program names. You focused on the faults of the US program without diving much into how ..."
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