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• VIDEO: Is America Losing the Clean Energy Race?

  The United States is quickly falling behind Asian rivals in the race to corner the burgeoning global clean energy market, according to a report released last week by the Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Information Foundation.
  
  The new report, "Rising Tigers, Sleeping" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:37pm EST
  

• South Korea to Invest 5 Percent of GDP in R&D

  Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
  
  The government of South Korea has announced a plan to increase investments in research and development (R&D) to 5 percent of the nation's GDP by the year 2012, according to an article by Nature News. The new goal, unveiled by South [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:19pm EST
  

• Public Investment in Science Works For US, too

  Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
  
  On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), were joined by university leaders and researchers to launch a new initiative, ScienceWorksForUS, as part of a press conference discussing ARRA-backed funding for research, recovery, and reinvestment [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:04am EST
  

• COP15 and Beyond- The Climate Movement Fights On!

  After working tirelessly to push federal politicians to be accountable to the will of the people through Powershift regional summits, 350.org’s day of action, local events and direct actions, you’d think exhaustion would be setting in on the ranks of the US youth climate movement. Especially [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:15pm EST
  

• Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant - Overview

  Asian Nations Set to Dominate Clean Energy Race by Out-Investing the United States - New Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Innovation Institute report.
  
  "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant: Asian Nations Set to Dominate Clean Energy Race by Out-Investing the United States," a major new [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• Asia Beats U.S. 3-1: Major New Report on US vs. Asian Competitiveness in Clean Energy Technology

  
  By Michael Shellenberger, originally at the Breakthrough Institute
  
  Asia is poised to dominate the fast-growing clean energy industry by outspending the United States by at least three-to-one on infrastructure and technology, according to a new report, Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant, which was released today [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:19pm EST
  

• Winning the Clean Energy Race: A New Strategy for American Leadership

  
  By Teryn Norris & Devon Swezey
  Originally published by The Stanford Review
  
  You know the world is changing when the president's first trip to Asia is defined by a new U.S. foreign policy dubbed "strategic reassurance" - convincing China that the United States [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:13pm EST
  

• Winning the Clean Energy Race: A New Strategy for American Leadership

  By Teryn Norris & Devon Swezey
  
  Originally published by The Stanford Review
  
  You know the world is changing when the president’s first trip to Asia is defined by a new U.S. foreign policy dubbed “strategic reassurance” – convincing China that the United [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:57am EST
  

• DIY Solar Part 5: Tools For Installing a System

  So, now its down to the fun part. You've designed a system, found the kit, its here, its ready to be put up. Now what? Let me start by saying that installing a solar power system is WAY too big a subject to cover in a couple' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:26pm EST
  

• EVENT: Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant: Major New Report on US vs. Asian Competitiveness in Clean Energy Technology

  A new report by the Breakthrough Institute and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant," is the first to thoroughly benchmark clean energy competitiveness in four nations: China, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
  
  Developing better and cheaper clean energy technologies will [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 3:43pm EST
  

• The Real Policy Lesson From the Chinese Wind Turbine "Scare"

  
  Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
  
  By Yael Borofsky and Jesse Jenkins
  
  Outcry over a planned Texas wind farm, which will be the first project to import wind turbines from a Chinese manufacturer, has resulted in calls to prevent government stimulus money from [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  

• VIDEO: Jumpstart Clean Energy with a National Institutes of Energy

  Thanks to Senator Brown's staff for providing this video of the September briefing on the Hill releasing a paper I co-authored with Avi Zevin and Josh Freed of Third Way's clean energy program, "Jumpstarting a Clean Energy Revolution with a National Institutes of Energy" (pdf).
  
  Senator Sherrod [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:24pm EST
  

• DIY Solar Part 4: System Costs

  We've been talking about Do It Yourself Solar and the steps involved. Today let's get down to the brass tacks: system costs. We'll approach it from two directions, component costs and complete system costs. We'll use a 2 kilowatt, grid tied, roof mounted example system where applicable.
  
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  

• Enough if Enough with Joe Romm's Climate McCarthyism

  Breakthrough Institute founders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus published a post today that finally calls out ClimateProgress' Joseph Romm for his repeated use of bullying and intimidation, ad hominem assaults and character assassination, and highly suspect efforts to prove guilt by association, arguing that' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:44pm EST
  

• Everything EPW Republicans Need to Know They Should Have Learned in Kindergarten

  By Yael Borofsky and Jesse Jenkins, originally at the Breakthrough Institute
  "Their behavior challenges everything that we're about here. If you don't like it, turn your back and walk out. It's almost like school children over there."Those were the remarks of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.),' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:26pm EST
  

• Clean Energy Forums are popping up in target states across the country. What about your state?

  
  Cross posted from grist:
  

  From coast to coast, teams of young volunteers are organizing Clean Energy Forums. As part of Focus the Nation‘s campaign Community and the Road to Copenhagen, young organizers are engaging their communities for a day of climate dialogue [...]

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:33pm EST